‘World’s Pharmacy’ India Leads in COVID-19 Vaccine Diplomacy, Gives China A Taste Of Its Own Medicine

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Patanjali’s ‘Anti-Covid Kit’ Coronil Faces The Heat In The UK For Breaching Advertising Rules China, which was leading the vaccine development race, has been left behind because of the controversies surrounding CoronaVac, as it reportedly doesn’t have the same efficacy rate as that of the ones developed by the US Pfizer and the UK’s AstraZeneca. Beijing had begun to woo ASEAN countries along with Brazil to increase its influence with the COVID-19 vaccine. But it has failed miserably as ASEAN nations like Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia have gone ahead to procure vaccines from the US and the UK. China...