India, the world's largest vaccine maker, has now become a vaccine importer.

What went wrong with our #COVID19 vaccination strategy?
India’s vaccination drive was supposed to be the light on the horizon. Not just for its own pandemic response but also for several other countries, particularly low- and middle-income ones, which relied on India’s pharmaceutical expertise to flatten their #coronavirus curves.
But after a delayed start and due to several missteps, India’s vaccine strategy has found itself derailed.

#Vaccination targets are off-track, supplies are dwindling, some inoculation centres have shut down, and manufacturers are struggling to make enough doses.
Where did it all go wrong?

Let's take a deep-dive into the policy missteps that led us to this place, and what they mean for India - which is battling a deadly Second Wave - and for the rest of the world. Click link to read: transfin.in/where-india-co…

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