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Rich nations vaccinating 1 person per second, but most poorer ones haven’t given a single shot, watchdog says

Christopher Rios, CNN — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 23:51:35 +0000

(CNN) – Rich countries are vaccinating one person every second against COVID-19 while the majority of their poorest counterparts have yet to administer a single dose, the People’s Vaccine Alliance said Tuesday. These same rich nations are blocking efforts by developing countries to waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, the alliance said. The World Trade

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COVAX delivered 20 million doses to world’s poor in first week of distribution, WHO director-general says

Christopher Rios, CNN — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 05:29:40 +0000

(CNN) – An international program set up to get coronavirus vaccines to the world delivered 20 million vaccine doses to 20 countries in the first week of distribution, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director-general, said Friday. “This was a landmark week for COVAX with the first vaccinations starting in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire,” Tedros

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