Biden administration pressuring India to restart vaccine exports: report
By Monique Beals - 09/14/21 11:37 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/coronavirus...ne-exports?rl=1

The Biden administration is reportedly pressing India to resume vaccine exports in an effort to mitigate the global spread of COVID-19.

According to a report from Axios, President Biden is in talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to encourage the prompt release of vaccines to COVAX, the United Nations program to procure vaccines for less wealthy countries.

India, the world's biggest producer of vaccines, was crucial to the U.N.'s global supply plans. However, it stopped exporting the AstraZeneca vaccine in March when the country experienced a surge in its own COVID-19 infections.

Should Modi agree to restart vaccine exports, he could receive a more significant role in an upcoming COVID-19 global summit in New York, the Axios report said.

A Biden administration official denied it was leveraging the summit in discussions regarding vaccine exports.-- excerpt, rest at link above --