Once the COVID vaccine is developed, countries like India need to plan on who will get access to it first. The frontline health workers, those with co-morbidities, the economically backward section, or a completely different set?
At the time of writing this story, there are approximately 7 million active COVID-19 cases in the world, with 4.2 million in India alone, and the one thing that the human race collectively is hoping comes through sooner rather than later is a vaccine.
In the event that one is developed, questions were being asked as to how it would be distributed in a fair and equitable manner, and several countries brought together health experts to deliberate and find solutions.
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