These are the articles we read to get an understanding of the vaccine politics happening globally. Understanding and reading all of these are important to understanding the issue of vaccines globally. The pandemic is global and things happening in a corner of the world also have an impact on the country and our policies, especially with regards to vaccines.
Comprehensive article on the issue:
‘India Needs Around 10Mn COVID Vaccine Doses Daily, Is Producing Less Than Half’ (indiaspend.com)
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Govt places order for 10 crore Covishield doses with Serum Institute (businesstoday.in)
Govt to buy 4.5 crore doses of Covishield from Serum Institute (india.com)
BMC receives 99,000 doses of Covishield amidst shortage of covid-19 vaccines (livemint.com)
Centre okays more Covid-19 vaccine doses, Maharashtra not in top 5 | Cities News,The Indian Express
Coronavirus: Vaccine shortages reported across states, Odisha closes 700 centres, Mumbai shuts 26 (scroll.in)
Centre sends Covishield vaccine to Odisha - Telegraph India
Maharashtra receives 4.59 lakh doses, likely to last till weekend | Cities News,The Indian Express
India coronavirus: Can its vaccine producers meet demand? - BBC News
Modi govt says there’s no vaccine shortage, but states & hospitals tell a different story (theprint.in)
Covid-19 vaccination: Is India running out of doses? - BBC News
States Take a Jab at Centre but Data Reveals No Shortage of Covid Vaccines (news18.com)
India is producing less than half of the 1 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses it needs every day (scroll.in)
Falling short: on India's vaccine programme - The Hindu
astrazeneca vaccine: More local companies to produce vaccines as demand soars - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
Supply slipping, Centre to speed up Covid-19 vaccine delivery to states | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
WHO head wants Covid-19 vaccine patents waived to increase supply | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
WTO members divided over India-South Africa proposal for TRIPS waiver during Covid-19 - The Hindu BusinessLine
US considering supporting India, South Africa at WTO on TRIPS waiver: Report (livemint.com)
Lack of Political Will and IPR Rules Stand in the Way of Mass Vaccination for COVID-19 - TheLeaflet
SHORTAGE OF RAW MATERIALS ISSUE:
US export curbs can limit Covid shot production, availability: Poonawalla | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
Not just Serum, shortage of vaccine raw material troubling global vaccine makers (businesstoday.in)
Other Covid-19 vaccines stuck over data, tests, raw material issues | India News,The Indian Express
Supply chain threats | Business Standard Editorials (business-standard.com)
Pfizer Demands Governments Gamble With State Assets To Secure Vaccine Deal - The Wire Science
Investigation: Drugmaker ‘bullied’ Latin American nations | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
How Pfizer tried to bully Argentina and Brazil in exchange for vaccines, World News | wionews.com
DIVISION OF VACCINES BETWEEN STATES NEWS:
Questioned about vaccine shortages and export policy, Centre responds with outburst against states (scroll.in)
Allocate Covid-19 vaccines based on population, active cases: Maharashtra to Centre | Hindustan Times
UPCOMING COVID VACCINES INDIA:
Russia’s Covid vaccine Sputnik V gets nod from expert panel for emergency use in India: Report | India News,The Indian Express
India to get 5 more Covid-19 vaccines by October: Report | Hindustan Times
India may approve third covid vaccine soon, expert committee to consider Sputnik V today (livemint.com)
GAVI/COVAX - EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINES GLOBALLY:
COVAX explained | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
COVAX expects to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to all nations despite increased demand in India: WHO (businesstoday.in)
COVAX reaches over 100 economies, 42 days after first international delivery – India Education| Global Education |Education News | India Education Diary
COVAX updates participants on delivery delays for vaccines from Serum Institute of India (SII) and AstraZeneca (who.int)
WHO's COVAX Vaccine Access Initiative Won't Succeed Without India's Help - The Wire Science
AstraZeneca has sent us legal notice for vaccine supply delay: Poonawalla | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
Serum Institute is legally bound to supply Covid-19 vaccines: COVAX | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
Will stop Serum Institute of India's vehicles carrying vaccines to other states if doses not supplied to Maharashtra: Raju Shetti (indiatimes.com)
Serum Institute of India to hike vaccine output to 100 million doses/month from May - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
Require around Rs 3,000 crore to ramp up vaccine production: Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
India's Serum Institute to delay further vaccine shipments to Brazil, Morocco, Saudi: Source - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
SII will sell vaccine for Rs 200 to govt, Rs 1,000 to public: Report | Business Standard News (business-standard.com) - January
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin production could go up 7 times with help from Karnataka, Gujarat labs (theprint.in)
covaxin: Panacea in talks with Bharat Biotech to make Covaxin - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
Bharat Biotech seeks govt aid to boost Covid vaccine production - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
Bharat Biotech plans more vaccine from Bengaluru unit - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
bharat biotech vaccine: Bharat Biotech's corona vaccine Covaxin 81% effective - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
bharat biotech vaccine: Bharat Biotech's corona vaccine Covaxin 81% effective - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
INDIA'S VACCINE DIPLOMACY:
71 countries, 58 million doses, India’s vaccine diplomacy gets Quad booster | India News,The Indian Express
India's vaccine diplomacy reaches 17 nations, 56 lakh doses supplied in good faith - India News (indiatoday.in)
India’s Vaccine Diplomacy: A Potent Card? – The Diplomat
India’s vaccine diplomacy wins friends in Caribbean, draws global praise | India News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)
Podcast on India's vaccine diplomacy:
All Things Policy - Will India's Vaccine Diplomacy Work?
Iran requests India to quickly send rest of Covaxin shipment it has already paid for (moneycontrol.com)
Covid Vaccine export: India exports over twice the number of doses used at home | India News - Times of India (indiatimes.com)
Poor countries hit with shortages after India stops Covid-19 vaccine exports | Deccan Herald
India to export Covid vaccines free of cost to its neighbours as a ‘goodwill gesture’ (theprint.in)
Coronavirus Vaccine: Even If Exports Paused, India May Not Have Enough Vaccines: Expert (ndtv.com)
Nepal foreign minister raises delay in delivery of Made in India vaccines (msn.com)
Is the criticism India is facing for its curbs on COVID-19 vaccine exports justified? - TheLeaflet
What the vaccine debacle tells us about predatory capitalism | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
'Helpless': Alarm after India delays vaccines to COVAX programme for poor countries - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
European Union and Covid-19: When a vaccine only adds to the trouble | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
Covid-19 vaccine shortages hit 60 poor countries in 'shocking imbalance' | Business Standard News (business-standard.com)
The West is Practicing Vaccine Apartheid on a Global Level | NewsClick
Kenya warns of "vaccine apartheid" as it hits back at the UK over travel ban move - CNN
More than 85 poor countries will not have widespread access to coronavirus vaccines before 2023 - Economist Intelligence Unit (eiu.com)
Most of the world's poorest countries haven't administered a single COVID-19 vaccine dose, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance | Business Insider India
Developing nations demand equal access to coronavirus vaccines | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera