India will supply coronavirus vaccines to the world — will its people benefit?

India will supply coronavirus vaccines to the world — will its people benefit?

India will make vaccines for the world — but might struggle to immunize its own people

As one of the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturers, India is likely to supply much of the doses of any future SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Several companies have agreements to make coronavirus vaccines being developed by international drug companies. The Indian government says some of these doses can be exported, as long as a proportion remains in India. But even with this commitment, researchers say vaccine-makers might struggle to produce enough doses fast enough to control the country's huge outbreak — currently the world’s third largest. Distributing vaccines to rural parts of the country with weak health-care systems will be a huge challenge.

Nature | 6 min read