Covid-19 vaccines are becoming important diplomatic currency
As wealthier countries buy up supplies of Western drugmakers’ Covid-19 vaccines that are still in development, China and Russia are offering their fast-tracked shots to poorer nationsPremium
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Yaroslav Trofimov,
, The Wall Street Journal
India sends 50,000 doses to the Seychelles, seeking to blunt Chinese inroads in the Indian Ocean
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When an Indian Navy aircraft landed in the archipelago nation of Seychelles last month, the country’s foreign minister and other senior officials lined up on the tarmac to welcome its precious cargo: 50,000 doses of Indian-made AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
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