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Why does India have a Covid-19 vaccine shortage? Quartz 3 hrs ago Samanth Subramanian © Provided by Quartz Health workers attach a notice on the shortage of COVID-19 vaccine supplies at a vaccination centre in Mumbai For years, India has made and exported more vaccines than any other country. Yet its vaccination drive against Covid-19, which began in early January, is stumbling and faltering. To this observation, the most obvious response is that India’s population is huge and scattered that reaching 1.39 billion people is a complicated, time-consuming task. True enough, though the government’s mode of vaccine delivery its maze of crashing apps, differential pricing, unclear messaging, and patchy record-keeping is still cause for worry. But the real problem is the alarming shortage of vaccines. This week, India opened up vaccinations to over-18s, but most states didn’t have enough stock to offer shots. Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of the Serum Institute

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