India to Restart COVID-19 Vaccine Exports. How will India export vaccines, while the country itself still has a lot of deaths from COVID-19?

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India will resume exports of COVID-19 vaccines starting next month, lifting the curbs it placed in April as it grappled with a deadly second wave of the pandemic. Indian Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told reporters Monday the government will prioritize the global vaccine-sharing initiative, COVAX, and its neighboring countries as it begins shipping out vaccines. “The surplus supply of vaccines will be used to fulfil India’s commitment towards the world for putting up a collective fight against COVID-19,” he said. India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, had been expected to be a major supplier of affordable COVID-19 vaccines to low- and middle-income countries through the COVAX initiative. But after supplying 66 million doses to about 100 countries, New Delhi halted exports as an exponential rise in infections in April prompted it to turn the focus on vaccinating its own population. How will India export vaccines, while the country itself still has a lot of deaths from COVID-19?