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For economic reasons I guess.

If one country wins the vaccine development race, then most other countries will purchase its vaccine as fast as possible, at any cost, almost.

So actually, not only the two countries, the U.S. and China are on the race. At least the U.K. and Russia are also on that race too.

This. Very much this. The Pharma Industry is powered by money, we saw that with the Epipen and HIV Medications. The country that controls the share of drugs with the most efficacy controls the health of the world and how much the world pays for it.