India’s skyrocketing surge of COVID-19 circumstances has launched the nation into probably the most harrowing disaster but within the pandemic.
Whereas worldwide help pours into the nation, many have referred to as for the US to donate tens of millions of doses from its stockpile of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to India, which has vaccinated lower than 2 % of its inhabitants and is operating out of doses.
AstraZeneca’s vaccine is broadly used all over the world, together with in India, however it isn’t but licensed to be used within the US. Even when it does earn authorization right here, Biden administration officers say it’s unlikely that the US will want the vaccine, given the wholesome amount of provides of the three COVID-19 vaccines already licensed within the nation made by Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson.
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