The many guises of vaccine nationalism
Italy will not be the last to block shipments
HOW SHOULD vaccines be doled out? By need, or willingness to pay? Or by the terms of contracts agreed last summer, as interpreted by producers pumped with government funds? With jabs in short supply, some governments are taking matters into their own hands. On March 4th Italy and the European Union blocked a shipment of 250,000 vaccine doses produced by AstraZeneca bound for Australia. It is not the first curb on vaccine exports. Nor will it be the last.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Shots fired”
Finance & economics March 13th 2021
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