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The world is fast becoming ever more reliant on China for vaccines despite concerns about their effectiveness.
China’s reliability as a vaccine supplier is increasing its geopolitical clout at a time when the U.S. and the EU have been slow confronting the global pandemic. India’s raging virus outbreak stifled its ability to deliver on supply deals.
President Joe Biden wants the U.S. to play a more active role, throwing his weight behind a controversial movement to waive patents on Covid-19 vaccines. But for now, countries from Uruguay to Senegal to Indonesia have few places to turn apart from Beijing — and China is making the most of it.