'Vaccine nationalism': Is it every country for itself?


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO A researcher works in a lab at the Duke-NUS Medical School which is developing a way to track genetic changes that speed testing of vaccines against the coronavirus disease COVID-19 in Singapore March 23 2020.  REUTERSJoseph Campbell

FILE PHOTO: A researcher works in a lab at the Duke-NUS Medical School, which is developing a way to track genetic changes that speed testing of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Singapore March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell

LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - It's dog eat dog in the world of COVID-19 vaccines.

That's the fear of global health agencies planning a scheme to bulk-buy and equitably distribute vaccines around the world. They are watching with dismay as some wealthier countries have decided to go it alone, striking deals with drugmakers to secure millions of doses of promising candidates for their citizens.

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