Governments around the world are desperate for vaccine, with many battling publicly for limited doses and accusing others of hoarding. Yet amid this rush, some countries are not only refusing potential doses produced by rivals but officially banning them.
Washington Post: Ukraine, Iran and Taiwan are banning vaccines made by geopolitical rivals
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 08, 2020 A member of staff poses with a phial of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination health centre in Cardiff, South Wales' on December 8, 2020. The European Union's medicines regulator said on January 28, 2021 it was now recommending medics leave three weeks between doses of the Pfizer/BionTech coronavirus vaccine -- rather than at least three weeks. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / various sources / AFP)