In an unusual diplomatic initiative, India has donated millions of doses of the British-developed AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine being produced in the country to neighboring South Asian nations.
The “vaccine diplomacy” aims to raise New Delhi’s global profile and push back against China, which has been expanding its influence in South Asia, analysts say.
“It’s about image and soft power.
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With a reputation as the pharmacy of the world, India is geared to mass-produce COVID-19 vaccines
By South Asia correspondent James Oaten and Som Patidar in Delhi
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The Serum Institute of India overhauled its assembly line to produce coronavirus vaccines when the pandemic began.
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While the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the United Kingdom and the United States has been widely heralded as the beginning of the end of the pandemic, much of the developing world has its hopes set elsewhere.
India has become a global powerhouse for generic pharmaceutical drugs and accounts for about 60 per cent of the world s vaccine supplies, earning a reputation as the pharmacy of the world .
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