When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute, believed that long-term lockdowns wouldn’t help much. Instead, the world needed a vaccine — fast.
In fact, he tweeted on March 26 (when the government announced its first “relief package” of sorts), "Given the scale of disruption a relief package of at least $200 billion should supercharge spending and restore confidence in our economy. We can recover it back through taxes as our growth rate moves beyond 6 per cent. I hope our FM announces this in phases soon.” But a vaccine was ...
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