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07-19-2022, 04:08 AM
When the coronavirus hit, the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, seemed uniquely positioned to help. It struck a deal with AstraZeneca, promising a billion vaccine doses to low- and middle-income nations.
Earlier this year, a ban instituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi put a stop to those plans.
What has that meant for the nations promised millions of doses?
Guest: Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall?smid=pc-thedaily), a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times based in New Delhi.
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The Serum Institute vowed to protect its country from the coronavirus and inoculate the world’s poor, but India’s crisis has pushed it past its limits (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/india-serum-institute-covid19.htmlThe%20Serum%20Institute%20vowed%20to%2 0protect%20the%20country%20from%20the%20coronaviru s%20and%20inoculate%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20poor ,%20but%20India%E2%80%99s%20crisis%20has%20pushed% 20it%20past%20its%20limits.%20%20Big-power%20muscle%20flexing%20helps%20explain%20much% 20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20vaccine%20inequitie s,%20but%20there%E2%80%99s%20another%20reason%20be hind%20insufficient%20doses:%20The%20challenge%20o f%20making%20them%20is%20unprecedented.).
Big-power muscle flexing helps explain many of the world’s vaccine inequities, but there’s another problem: The manufacturing challenge is unprecedented (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/world/global-coronavirus-vaccine-shortage.htmlThe%20Serum%20Institute%20vowed%20to% 20protect%20the%20country%20from%20the%20coronavir us%20and%20inoculate%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20poo r,%20but%20India%E2%80%99s%20crisis%20has%20pushed %20it%20past%20its%20limits.%20%20Big-power%20muscle%20flexing%20helps%20explain%20much% 20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20vaccine%20inequitie s,%20but%20there%E2%80%99s%20another%20reason%20be hind%20insufficient%20doses:%20The%20challenge%20o f%20making%20them%20is%20unprecedented.).
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Earlier this year, a ban instituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi put a stop to those plans.
What has that meant for the nations promised millions of doses?
Guest: Emily Schmall (https://www.nytimes.com/by/emily-schmall?smid=pc-thedaily), a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times based in New Delhi.
Sign up here (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily) to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter (https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline).
Background reading:
The Serum Institute vowed to protect its country from the coronavirus and inoculate the world’s poor, but India’s crisis has pushed it past its limits (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/world/india-serum-institute-covid19.htmlThe%20Serum%20Institute%20vowed%20to%2 0protect%20the%20country%20from%20the%20coronaviru s%20and%20inoculate%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20poor ,%20but%20India%E2%80%99s%20crisis%20has%20pushed% 20it%20past%20its%20limits.%20%20Big-power%20muscle%20flexing%20helps%20explain%20much% 20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20vaccine%20inequitie s,%20but%20there%E2%80%99s%20another%20reason%20be hind%20insufficient%20doses:%20The%20challenge%20o f%20making%20them%20is%20unprecedented.).
Big-power muscle flexing helps explain many of the world’s vaccine inequities, but there’s another problem: The manufacturing challenge is unprecedented (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/world/global-coronavirus-vaccine-shortage.htmlThe%20Serum%20Institute%20vowed%20to% 20protect%20the%20country%20from%20the%20coronavir us%20and%20inoculate%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20poo r,%20but%20India%E2%80%99s%20crisis%20has%20pushed %20it%20past%20its%20limits.%20%20Big-power%20muscle%20flexing%20helps%20explain%20much% 20of%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20vaccine%20inequitie s,%20but%20there%E2%80%99s%20another%20reason%20be hind%20insufficient%20doses:%20The%20challenge%20o f%20making%20them%20is%20unprecedented.).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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