Africa has plenty of covid doses, but it lags in jabs
Blame distribution problems and a lack of zeal
IT IS LITTLE over a year since the first doses of life-saving vaccines were delivered to Africa under the Covid-19 vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX), a scheme aimed at helping poorer countries get inoculated. Yet what should have been a celebration of the region’s fastest-ever vaccine rollout—with 400m doses jabbed into waiting arms—was instead marred by disappointment at how much more could have been achieved.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Behind by a country vial”
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