"Unlike Govts in US, UK ...": Foreign Media on Modi's Vaccine Policy Instead of placing large advance orders, the government is "buying vaccines like monthly groceries", Washington Post quoted a researcher Wednesday May 19, 2021 10:14 AM, IANS New Delhi: Vaunted as the largest in the world, Indias vaccine programme is being hobbled by supply shortages and an abrupt shift in procurement policy that appears to be without parallel, The Washington Post reported. The report said as India confronts a devastating Covid outbreak where thousands are dying each day, the country desperately needs to vaccinate its population as soon as possible. Yet the vaccine drive is stumbling just when it is most crucial, it said.