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Asia-Pacific economies are racing to develop home-grown Covid-19 vaccines as supply shortages threaten to upend containment efforts and prolong the pandemic.
Japan, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam are all betting on multiple locally developed vaccine candidates after struggling to secure adequate supplies of shots from overseas.
Although locally developed vaccines are unlikely to arrive in time to save sluggish vaccine roll-outs, authorities and scientific experts regard the approach as a longer-term investment.
Many experts expect Covid-19 to circulate indefinitely. It means the emergence of variants resistant to existing vaccines and the potential need for booster shots to maintain immunity could fuel vaccine demand for years to come.
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A strange Asian struggle to integrate citizens
Asian countries that took the path of controlling Covid-19 last year have been delayed in their fight against the virus, as efforts to vaccinate their populations lag behind other parts of the world.
Implementation problems vary from country to country, but in most of Asia one factor is constant: lack of vaccines to administer. When vaccines are not developed or produced at home, many Asian countries have to wait for delivery from Europe or the US, leaving them at the back of the queue.
While Asia has become the world’s largest factory, becoming a major part of the global economy, the vaccine race has shown that it lags behind in the pharmaceutical industry.