Prognosis
China Vows to Step In as India Curbs Vaccine Supply to Neighbors
- South Asian foreign ministers meet to discuss vaccine supplies
- Up until April India was exporting vaccines across the world
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India’s neighbors are increasingly looking to China to fill the gap in their stalled coronavirus inoculation drives after New Delhi curbed vaccine shipments to battle a fresh and devastating Covid-19 wave at home.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a virtual meeting with his counterparts from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Tuesday that Beijing is willing to provide them with stable vaccine supplies through a multilateral framework.