For Balance In World Vaccine Situation

Mass vaccination against COVID-19 has begun in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and several other countries which have been able to acquire millions of doses of the vaccines for their people. These nations had paid in advance even before the vaccine companies had completed their tests and won approval for their products.

“Wealthy nations have bought up enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations nearly three times over by the end of 2021 if those currently in clinical trials are all approved for use,” the Peoples Vaccine Alliance, a coalition of organizations including Oxfam, Amnesty International, and Global Justice Now, said.

Speaking at the 148th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) last week, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that “even as vaccines bring hope to some, they have become another brick in the wall of inequality between the world’s haves and have-nots.”