NEW DELHI : As India is slated to soon cover 40% of its eligible population with both shots of covid-19 vaccines, it may miss on its share of vaccines through the COVAX facility, a World Health Organization (WHO) led multilateral initiative to foster global access to covid-19 vaccines.
The WHO is of the view that the countries that have vaccinated over 40% of their population should not be given more vaccines.
India is a major player in manufacturing covid-19 vaccines was expected to get close to 98 million coronavirus vaccines through COVAX.
Coordinated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the WHO, COVAX aim is to have 2 billion doses available by the end of 2021, which should be