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Olga R. Rodriguez and Marcos Martinez Chacon
Associated Press
MONTERREY, Mexico They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the U.S., in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives and a soccer team.
People of means from Latin America are chartering planes, booking commercial flights, buying bus tickets and renting cars to get the vaccine in the United States due to lack of supply at home.
Virginia Gónzalez and her husband flew from Mexico to Texas and then boarded a bus to a vaccination site. They made the trip again for a second dose. The couple from Monterrey, Mexico, acted on the advice of the doctor treating the husband for prostate cancer. In all, they logged 1,400 miles (2,200 kilometers) for two round trips.
Global vaccine manufacturers have enough capacity to supply to India
April 22, 2021
Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson are candidates in the reckoning
As the government looks to approve foreign-made Covid vaccines that have clearance for restricted use from regulatory authorities in the US, the European Union, the UK, and Japan apart from the ones listed by WHO, the immediate candidates in the reckoning would be those from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson (J&J) or Janssen.
That brings us to two important questions how much are they likely to cost in India and do these companies have the capacity to manufacture enough to supply to India?
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Monterrey, Mexico
They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the United States, in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives, and a soccer team.
People of means from Latin America are chartering planes, booking commercial flights, buying bus tickets, and renting cars to get the vaccine in the U.S. due to lack of supply at home.
Virginia Gónzalez and her husband flew from Mexico to Texas and then boarded a bus to a vaccination site. They made the trip again for a second dose. The couple from Monterrey, Mexico, acted on the advice of the doctor treating the husband for cancer. In all, they logged 1,400 miles for two round trips.