India’s Covid battle stokes vaccine worries in Africa

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Medical Xpress |


Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help shield its people.

Often dubbed the “world’s pharmacy”, India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the Covax programme to help immunization in poorer countries. The country has recorded 22 million cases out of a population of 1.3 billion, inflicting a death toll of nearly a quarter of a million…

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