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Mask mandates in England will end on July 19.
By Tara John and Nectar Gan, CNN
More than a year and a half into the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s rich nations are beginning to accept that Covid-19 is not going away despite high vaccination rates drastically cutting the number of hospitalizations and deaths.
But while they may agree that the virus is here to stay, in some form, for the foreseeable future, these countries have radically different approaches to dealing with it.
Singapore, an island state of 5.69 million, and the UK, home to an estimated 66 million people, have had very different pandemic experiences and outcomes so far.
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Commentary: We have to get every country vaccinated right away Ramping up the production of vaccines and ensuring transparency in contracts are some ways to mitigate the delays in vaccination rollouts among the poorest countries, says the World Bank’s David Malpass.
A healthcare professional prepares a dose of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Melbourne, Australia, Feb 22, 2021. (File photo: REUTERS/Sandra Sanders)
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WASHINGTON DC: The COVID-19 pandemic will not truly end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in the poorest countries.
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