Vaccine Hoarding May Backfire on Rich Nations as India Reels
Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Bhuma Shrivastava and Chris Kay
(Bloomberg) For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, they’re being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.
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Under mounting criticism for dominating vaccine resources, the U.S. said this week that it will help India by sending items needed to manufacture vaccines as part of an aid package. European countries are also pledging help as new cases in the South Asian country smash world records. President Joe Biden’s administration is separately vowing to share its stockpile of AstraZeneca Plc vaccines which the U.S. hasn’t even approved for use and meeting with drug companies about boosting supply and waiving intellectual property protections on Covid-19 shots, a shift India
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Banquet hall in Delhi s Daryaganj put on Covid-19 duty
Banquet hall in Delhi s Daryaganj put on Covid-19 duty
With the recent surge in Covid-19 cases, there is a shortage of beds in many private and government hospitals in Delhi. The Shehnai banquet hall, located in Central Delhi s Daryaganj, has been converted into a 120-bed Covid-19 centre.
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Even in June 2020, the Shehnai banquet hall was converted into a Covid-19 centre. More than 200 Covid-19 patients were treated at the centre last year.
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recorded 10,732 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday which is the highest single-day surge in the national capital to date. The current fourth wave of the pandemic is spreading at a rapid rate that has left many people baffled.