2020-08-01 00:00:00, Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times
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It's also led by a highly nationalistic prime minister, Narendra Modi, whose government has already blocked exports of drugs that were believed to help treat Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
Atul Loke for The New York TimesWith the coronavirus pandemic turning the world upside down and all hopes pinned on a vaccine, the Serum Institute finds itself in the middle of an extremely competitive and murky endeavor.
Scientists in white lab coats brought the vial to Building 14, carefully poured the contents into a flask, added a medium of vitamins and sugar and began growing billions of cells.
Adar Poonawalla, 39, says that he will split the hundreds of millions of vaccine doses he produces 50-50 between India and the rest of the world, with a focus on poorer countries, and that Mr. Modi's government has not objected to this.
National health ministers, prime ministers and other heads of state (he wouldn't say who) and friends he hasn't heard from in years have been calling him, he said, begging for the first batches."I've had to explain to them that, 'Look I can't just give it to you like this,'" he said.
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Vaccines Immunization, Oxford University, India, COVID-19, Serum Institute of India, Coronavirus, AstraZeneca, Clinical trial
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