Covid 19 coronavirus: With first dibs on vaccines, rich countries have cleared the shelves
15 Dec, 2020 06:59 PM
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Nurse Shannon Lesch prepares to administer one of Illinois first five Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations outside of Chicago to chief of Emergency Services Dr. Victor Chan. Photo / AP
Nurse Shannon Lesch prepares to administer one of Illinois first five Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccinations outside of Chicago to chief of Emergency Services Dr. Victor Chan. Photo / AP
New York Times
By: Megan Twohey, Keith Collins and Katie Thomas
The US, Britain, Canada and others are hedging their bets, reserving doses that far outnumber their populations, as many poorer nations struggle to secure enough.
Fact-check: Will poor countries miss out on COVID-19 vaccinations?
The internet is rife with claims that affluent countries have enough doses to vaccinate their populations up to three times, but it might not be that simple. DW takes a look at some of the assertions.
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Nine out of 10 people in poor countries are unlikely to receive a COVID-19 vaccine next year as the world’s richest nations snap up a majority of the shots, according to The People’s Vaccine Alliance, a network of organizations including Amnesty International, Global Justice Now and Oxfam. While such a statement makes for an attention-grabbing headline, there’s much more to the situation than meets the eye.