The Biden Administration has announced to share 80 million doses from its domestic stockpile with countries around the world, including India. However, the vaccines to India could not be sent because the Indian government is yet to clear the necessary legal hurdles for such an emergency import. Now, India has determined that it needs further time to review legal provisions related to accepting vaccine donations," Price said. "Once India works through its legal processes, our donations of vaccines to India will proceed expeditiously. "We are able to do that because India's pharmaceutical sector is strong, it's well-established, it has played a central role in manufacturing vaccines for global use over some time.

Source: Mint July 14, 2021 00:22 UTC