*NMA calls for alternative arrangements; Medical Guild tasks FG on extra doses & public health scientist seeks cost effective options
*NPHCDA vaccinates 513,526 persons
By Chioma Obinna
India, one of the world’s largest producers of vaccines, last week temporarily halted all exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine that it manufactures, citing the need to prioritise its own domestic needs in the face of rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the Serum Institute of India, SII, which produces Novavax and AstraZeneca vaccines also warned that raw material shortages were affecting their…