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“Khatra abhi tala hai, lekin poori tarha se khatam nahin hua [The danger has subsided, but hasn’t fully ended yet],” warned the recorded message Pakistanis would hear when calling their loved ones on the phone. A fourth wave could be around the corner, said Chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Asad Umar, urging people to encourage those over 50 years of age to get vaccinated.
But despite the warnings, the increasing threat of the Delta variant, first detected in India, and international travel restrictions on Pakistanis, blatant violations of SOPs (standard operating procedures) continued. Soon enough, Sindh announced its decision to reimpose restrictions.
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Bangladesh has been able to fully vaccinate 2.6 percent of its population while India has vaccinated 5.1 percent of its people fully. Photo: Star >
Bangladesh has been able to fully vaccinate 2.6 percent of its population while India has vaccinated 5.1 percent of its people fully. Photo: Star
The inequality in accessing vaccines to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic is growing. Since the invention of the vaccines, there was apprehension regarding the accessibility of the vaccines by the citizens of poorer countries. The supply of vaccines is also far less than the demand. And whatever is being manufactured are being purchased by developed countries in advance and in plenty, leaving low and lower middle-income countries far behind in the vaccination drive. Many high-income countries have already managed to vaccinate a large number of their population. Whereas, most people in the least developed countries (LDCs) are still waiting for their shots and struggling t
Amid a COVID surge in Africa, vaccine promises from richer nations are not enough to bring an early end to the pandemic, experts say.
COVID-19 testing in Johannesburg. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reintroduced restrictions following a surge of the Delta variant.Credit: Emmanuel Croset/AFP/Getty
Most people in the poorest countries will need to wait another two years before they are vaccinated against COVID-19, researchers have told
Nature.
Around 11 billion doses are needed to fully vaccinate 70% of the world’s population against COVID-19. As of 4 July, 3.2 billion doses had been administered. At the current vaccination rate, this will increase to around six billion doses by the end of the year, researchers from the International Monetary Fund, based in Washington DC, project.
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