Vaccine Nationalism, Tight Supplies And Dodgy Data: How The Global Vaccine Roll Out Is Hitting Hurdles Vaccine nationalism has become a growing concern in recent months 30 January The development of the Covid-19 vaccination has offered the world a route out of the pandemic, but the deployment of the jab has already been hit by several major snags. PoliticsHome details the growing row over the global vaccination effort. UK Supplies Becoming “Tight” As the first country in the world to approve a vaccination for widespread use to combat coronavirus, the UK has had a significant head start on the vaccination programme. One in nine adults have already received their first dose.