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India's Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing prowess drives new Quad initiative

No consensus is emerging in European capitals about how Europe should interact with the Quad. PHOTO: AFP
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NEW DELHI - India's pharmaceutical capacity is at the centre of a Quad initiative to deliver one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of next year.

Officials from the four Quad members - Australia, India, Japan and the United States - are now working out the fine details of the so-called Quad Vaccine Partnership which could potentially cover the vaccination of nearly everyone in Asia besides those in its two most populous countries - China and India.

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