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Nearly 70% of vaccine doses administered so far have been in the world’s 50 wealthiest countries. Only 0.1% have been administered in the 50 poorest countries. New data from international Red Cross federation. "It is unfair, and could prolong or worsen this pandemic," IFRC says.
For more on this issue, here's our report on one of the wealthy countries (Canada) and the controversy over its decision to receive vaccines from the COVAX program: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-the-only-g7-country-to-take-vaccines-from-fund-for-developing/
Canada has administered about 1 million vaccine doses so far. The entire continent of Africa (population 1.3 billion) had administered only about 230,000 doses as of yesterday, with just 3 countries administering vaccines so far.
One big vaccine maker, Moderna, has not shared any of its vaccines with COVAX so far, despite earlier pledges to provide affordable vaccines. Another, Pfizer, is providing only 2% of its production (in 2021 and 2022) to COVAX. My report:
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-failure-to-provide-vaccines-to-poorer-countries-is-another-example-of/
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-failure-to-provide-vaccines-to-poorer-countries-is-another-example-of/
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