India’s vaccine exports to countries in need resume

WASHINGTON DC (Diya TV) — India’s Serum Institute says low-income countries will start receiving much-needed exports of the COVID-19 vaccines this week, now that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lifting restrictions after cutting off all exports in order to keep vaccines for his own population. The CEO of the world’s largest vaccine maker says he will call on wealthy countries to stop giving out booster shots until people living in low-income countries have had it as well.

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Ravi Kapur contributed to this report.