Perth, Feb. 10 -- Elaborating on the challenges faced by the country during COVID-19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India entered the pandemic as a country of "worry" and ended it as a country of "contribution" by providing vaccines to hundreds of countries.

The EAM was interacting with the Indian diaspora in Perth on Saturday.

Taking to social media platform X, he said, "Addressed the Indian community in Perth today. Grateful for their contribution in strengthening the India-Australia Dosti."

Addressing the event, Jaishankar said, "During the G20 virtual meet, the biggest worry was how will India cope with Covid. The feeling was India didn't have the health facilities, the production, masks, ventilators. We started ...