Vaccine shortage 14 May 2021 A woman walks past a notice on a wall informing people about shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in Ahmadabad, India. Reuters The global media is carrying pitiable reports about the shortage of vaccines in India, despite a raving pandemic. However, a lackadaisical attitude towards India’s requirements of vaccines and its production capabilities, makes it clear that India will continue to face intense vaccine shortages for two to three years (“Several Indian states run out of coronavirus vaccines, nationwide inoculation delayed as infections surge,” April 30, Gulf Today). India has to vaccinate at least 1.2 billion people to achieve herd immunity. Then, it needs 2.4 billion doses. Currently India can produce just 70 million vaccines monthly, at the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech. So, India can have only 840 million doses per annum. At this rate, India will need three year to vaccinate 1.2 billion people.