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Published on: Saturday, May 22, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: Crematorium workers wearing PPE suitsare seen amid the burning funeral pyres of Covid-19 fatalities at a cremation ground in Kathmandu. DHAKA: Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka are close to running out of coronavirus vaccines, authorities said Friday, and are hoping China and Russia will bolster South Asia’s efforts to tackle a devastating pandemic wave. Covid-19 cases and deaths have hit record levels across India and its neighbours in recent weeks and all are counting on vaccine campaigns to head off the next surge.  But India’s move last month to ban vaccine exports because of growing domestic shortages has badly hit other countries, and the three South Asian nations have slowed their vaccination campaigns as they scour international markets for new stocks.

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