India facing US pressure to restart vaccine exports as devastating Covid wave recedes

Narendra Modi facing calls from Joe Biden to provide much-needed jabs to developing countries

A man receives his Covid-19 vaccine in New Delhi, India
A man receives his Covid-19 vaccine in New Delhi, India
(Image credit: Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)

India is facing growing calls to ease its ban on exporting Covid-19 vaccines after strong measures to stem the country’s devastating domestic outbreak brought infections down.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up