Unequal vaccine distribution:
▪︎High-income countries’ plans to administer boosters to fully vaccinated individuals have drawn criticism from several global health scientists, who highlight the increasing inequalities between wealth and access to vaccines.
▪︎Currently, the word has been divided into COVID-19 vaccines “haves” and “have-nots”, making a gap that may lead to the next phase of the pandemic.
▪︎Based on Washington Post report, 45% of all administered vaccine doses have gone to 16% of the world’s population in high-income countries.
▪︎A recent report from KFF suggests that at current vaccination rates, low-income countries won’t complete substantial levels of vaccination until at least 2023.
sources:
1.https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02151-z
2.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/coronavirus-vaccine-inequality-global/
3. KFF/Our World in Data/World Bank
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