In a gesture of gratitude, former West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle has thanked India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (February 19) for providing the essential COVID-19 vaccines to Jamaica.
Jamaica is one of the biggest islands in the Caribbean region. India had sent 50,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines on March 11 as a part of India’s ‘Vaccine Maitri’.
In a video posted by the Indian High Commission in Jamaica on Twitter, Chris Gayle thanked PM Modi and the Government of India for extending help via vaccines to the Caribbean region.
The “Universe Boss”, as Gayle is popularly known in the cricketing world, said,” “Honourable PM of India and the people of India, the government of India, I want to thank you for your donation of vaccine to Jamaica, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. India, I will see you soon.”
Legendary Jamaican & WI Cricketer @henrygayle thanks PM @narendramodi, the People and Government of #India for the gift of #MadeInIndia Vaccine to #Jamaica#VaccineMaitri @PMOIndia @DrSJaishankar @MEAIndia @IndianDiplomacy pic.twitter.com/fLBbhF5zTY
— India in Jamaica (@hcikingston) March 19, 2021
West Indies cricketer Sir Vivian Richards, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time, also thanked the Indian government for assisting the Caribbean region via its mega initiative to provide vaccines.
In a tweet, Jamaica PM Andrew Holness said, ” I am extremely pleased to report that yesterday afternoon, we received our first shipment of 50,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the Government of India. We express our deep appreciation to the Government and people of India for this very much-needed support.”
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