As pandemic surges anew, global envy and anger over U.S. vaccine abundance Anthony Faiola, Emily Rauhala, Antonia Noori Farzan © Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters Notices about a shortage of the Covishield vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, are seen outside a vaccination center in Mumbai on April 20. As India announced grim records the highest daily coronavirus infection tallies in a single country Americans were enjoying a spring of vaccine abundance. In India, just 1.4 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated, and overwhelmed hospitals have been running short of oxygen. Meanwhile, in the United States where 1 in 4 Americans are fully vaccinated and more than 40 percent have gotten at least the first dose a major Miami hospital, Jackson Memorial, said it would begin winding down vaccinations because of excess supply and weakening demand.
Canada coronavirus: Vaccine rollout lags the United States
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Fort Erie, Ontario Here in this border town just across the Niagara River from New York state, the televisions carry stations from Buffalo. In recent weeks, the news from the U.S. side has been somewhat irksome.
In Erie County, N.Y., everyone 16 years of age and older became eligible for a coronavirus vaccine this month. On the Canadian side, meanwhile, inoculations have been mostly limited to people 55 years and older, Indigenous adults and other priority groups. And they’re getting only the first shot, for now.
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Exasperated Canadians watch Americans getting vaccinated faster Amanda Coletta, Emily Rauhala © Cole Burston/Bloomberg News The Peace Bridge border crossing between Canada and the United States spans the Niagara River beyond the Mather Arch in Fort Erie, Ontario. FORT ERIE, ONTARIO Here in this border town just across the Niagara River from New York state, televisions carry stations from Buffalo. In recent weeks, the news from the U.S. side has been somewhat irksome. In Erie County, N.Y., everyone 16 years of age and older became eligible for a coronavirus vaccine this month. On the Canadian side, meanwhile, inoculations have been mostly limited to people 55 years and older, Indigenous adults, and other priority groups. And they’re getting only the first shot, for now.
AstraZeneca is the ‘workhorse’ for vaccinating the world. Now, the world is uneasy over clot risks. Danielle Paquette, Emily Rauhala, Loveday Morris, Liz Sly
DAKAR, Senegal She had seen the conspiracy theories on Facebook, the endless anti-vaccine videos. Aminata Gueye shrugged it all off as silly chatter and signed up for an AstraZeneca shot courtesy of a World Health Organization-backed vaccine push called Covax.
Then came some news on the radio in Dakar: Some European countries had suspended use of the vaccine after regulators found apparent links to rare, but potentially fatal, blood clots. Gueye never went to the clinic.
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