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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Political economy of COVID-19 Vaccine shortages in India -Ravi Duggal

Political economy of COVID-19 Vaccine shortages in India -Ravi Duggal

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published Published on Apr 10, 2021   modified Modified on Apr 11, 2021

-Leaflet.in

Analysing the data for COVID-19 prevalence rates, relative population sizes and vaccine coverage across Indian states, RAVI DUGGAL explains why India needs a better and more scientific vaccine disbursal policy, and how to rampantly boost our vaccine production capacity through compulsory licensing.

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AS India enters the third phase of its ambitious COVID-19 vaccination drive, many state governments are reporting vaccine shortages and are having to close down some of their vaccination centres, with supplies available for only 2 or 3 days. Most of these states are non-Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) ruled ones, but some BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh are also reporting impending shortages.

What is causing these shortages?  One factor is that of our total vaccine production till March, we had exported twice the number of vaccine doses that we had domestically used, as per data furnished in the Rajya Sabha.

Other is the very low level of production in contrast to the huge population of the country and its demand.

Some state governments are claiming that the Union Government is biased in favour of BJP-ruled states, with such states getting vaccines out of turn with either their proportion of population or their COVID prevalence rate.

Data shows a mismatch between COVID-19 prevalence and vaccine supply in most states.

To verify these claims, let us crunch the relevant data. The graph below maps the COVID prevalence rate of all states along with their respective vaccine coverage rate (states are organised in descending order of their vaccine coverage).

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Leaflet.in, 10 April, 2021, https://www.theleaflet.in/political-economy-of-covid-19-vaccine-shortages-in-india/?fbclid=IwAR1cGl8UssXDH9mzT1pyl3FRliu6ksPFhbDpWwZAt8zGxuoLLVzWQkQPpQQ#


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