Problems at Biggest Vaccine Maker Leave World Short on Covid Shots Bloomberg 4 hrs ago Chris Kay and P R Sanjai
(Bloomberg) Around the world, from Bangladesh to Nepal to Rwanda, vulnerable hotspots have been grappling with stalled Covid-19 vaccination programs as they run out of doses. Many of those shortages can be traced back to a single company: The Serum Institute of India.
The world’s largest vaccine maker, Serum was last year named a top supplier of Covid shots to Covax, the World Health Organization-backed initiative aimed at securing an equitable global rollout. But the Indian company has been dogged by setbacks, from a ban on exports to a factory fire, that have hampered its ability to fill orders.
Giant vaccine maker Serum Institute of India Ltd., which was meant to provide many poorer nations with Covid-19 shots, said exports are unlikely to resume until year-end as it struggles to supply its overwhelmed home country.
India Deaths at Record; French Cafes Open: Virus Update
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(Bloomberg) India’s daily virus deaths reached a record, even as new infections reported in the country have declined from the highs of early May.
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Taiwan extended a soft lockdown island-wide as case numbers climb. The coronavirus continued its rampage through Thailand’s prisons, accounting for close to half the country’s latest infections. Staff at DBS Group Holdings Ltd. and HSBC Holdings Plc are among Singapore’s newest cases as mystery infections in the city-state persist.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the epidemic numbers are “well oriented” as cafe and restaurant terraces, as well as museums and cinemas, opened on Wednesday after a months-long lockdown. In North America, Quebec’s months-long curfew will be lifted on May 28, ending some of the continent’s toughest coronavirus restrictions.
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