02 Jun COVID diplomacy 2.0, a special order of tasks (The Hindu,GS-2,Governance)
- Context:- COVID-19 which usher as a disaster during this world. Vaccines which were made by companies were exported to other countries without indian population being vaccinated.
Why shortage if vaccine at 1st place:- - The shortage of vaccines within the country has arisen from three factors:
- the failure of the govt to plan and place procurement orders in time
- the failure of the 2 Indian companies to supply vaccine doses that they had committed to,
- focus on exporting, not importing, vaccines between January and April
How diplomacy is going:- - These include requesting the U.S. to share a considerable portion of its stockpile of AstraZeneca doses and to release more vaccine ingredients which are restricted for exports.
- to buy more stock outright from the three U.S. manufacturers, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson,
- Issue of patent and issue of diplomacy:-
- Africa also as global agencies counting on India for vaccines are left within the lurch by the Government’s failure to balance its vaccine budget.
- Bhutan is fully hooked in to india. A full blanket ban on the export of vaccine somewhere will erode the trust between bhutan and india
- Making amends and regaining trust for India’s vaccine and pharmacy exports within the future goes to be a challenge.
- India must be at the forefront of demanding accountability.
Way forward:-
Raise its voice for a stronger convention to manage any research that would lead.
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