The United Kingdom has become the first nation in the world to grant emergency approval for a covid vaccine. The nation's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has given its approval to a vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.

We can expect more vaccines to get the needed approvals from various countries in the coming weeks.

India is taking a different approach. Senior government officials have said that the government plans to inoculate a critical mass and break the transmission of the coronavirus.

But, would these vaccines be accessed by only selected medical specialists and health institutions?  Are vaccines the only solution to this issue?

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