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India’s COVID-vaccine woes — by the numbers

How an explosion of coronavirus cases in India is putting global vaccine supplies at risk.
  1. T. V. Padma
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India, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of vaccines, is facing a COVID-19 vaccine crunch, partly due to an explosion of cases linked to new variants. This spells trouble for many countries relying on Indian-made vaccines supplied through the COVAX initiative for equitable access to vaccines, led by bodies including the World Health Organization.

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Nature 592, 500-501 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-00996-y

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  • Correction 16 April 2021: An earlier version of this story misrepresented the World Health Organization’s involvement in the COVAX initiative: it is a co-leader, not the owner. The earlier version also misspelt Shahid Jameel’s name.

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