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. The moves show a growing realization that the vaccine nationalism many wealthy nations have embraced has the potential to backfire, prolonging the global pandemic. India’s variant -- a strain named B.1.617 -- is already raising alarms. But despite being home to the world’s largest vaccine industry, India’s immunization drive has slowed in recent weeks and many states are warning that their supplies have almost dried up. As the scale of India’s virus emergency rose to global prominence this week, the offers of aid and doses started to come.

Source: The Edge Markets April 28, 2021 01:07 UTC