Russia hack shows dark side of world desperate for Covid vaccine

A file photo of a technician injecting a vaccination against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) from a German biotechnology company to a volunteer at the start of a clinical test series in Tuebingen, Germany. — Reuters

A half year into a pandemic that’s killed almost 600,000 people, the international race for protection from the virus escalated to a treacherous new level with allegations that vaccine development has become a target of Russian cyberattacks.

Vaccine nationalism is already a concern as countries jockey to secure doses of future shots, desperate for a way out of a global crisis that’s slammed their economies.