South Asian Countries, Battling Outbreaks, Scramble for Covid Vaccines


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South Asian Countries, Battling Outbreaks, Scramble for Covid Vaccines June 17, 2021 0 Comments Sri Lanka is tapping Japan. Nepal has asked Denmark. Bangladesh has appealed to its diaspora in the United States. South Asian countries are looking to the rest of the world to jump-start inoculation campaigns that have stalled since India halted vaccine exports to deal with its catastrophic second coronavirus wave this spring. The ad hoc approach shows how the decision by India, the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer, left poorer countries with few options for vaccines as richer countries hoarded much of the global supply. Even as...