With a Surplus of 300 Million Covid Vaccines the US Is Doing Too Little to Vaccinate the World 0 views
A medical worker prepares a dose of AstraZeneca s Covid-19 vaccine in Nairobi, Kenya. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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With over 130 million Americans – more than half of all U.S. adults – having received a Covid-19 vaccine dose, the Biden administration faces growing pressure to promote equitable vaccine distribution around the world.
The United States has pledged money to the global immunization effort but has so far resisted calls to donate surplus doses or share vaccine technology.
By July, the country could have an oversupply of 300 million coronavirus vaccine doses, according to a report by the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, even while developing countries face a multi-year wait to vaccinate the majority of their populations.
Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York Times
Published: 25 Apr 2021 10:55 AM BdST
Updated: 25 Apr 2021 10:55 AM BdST FILE PHOTO: A man walks past newspaper billboards during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo
The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort. );
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Nowhere is that more evident than in Africa.
Most nations were relying on vaccines produced by the Serum Institute factory in India. But the Indian government’s decision to restrict exports of doses as it deals with its own outbreak means that Africa’s already slow vaccination campaign could soon come to a near standstill.
India’s coronavirus second wave is rapidly sliding into a devastating crisis as evidence mounts that the actual death toll is far higher than officially reported.
updated: Apr 25 2021, 07:59 ist
The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.
Nowhere is that more evident than in Africa.
Most nations were relying on vaccines produced by the Serum Institute factory in India. But the Indian government’s decision to restrict exports of doses as it deals with its own outbreak means that Africa’s already slow vaccination campaign could soon come to a near standstill.
Before India suspended exports, more than 70 nations received vaccines it manufactured, totalling more than 60 million doses. Many went to low- and middle-income countries through the COVAX program, the global initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to vaccines.
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