Celebrations (and questions) greet US vaccine donation plan

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Celebrations (and questions) greet US vaccine donation plan

By GERALD IMRAY and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Health officials and experts are greeting U.S. plans to donate 500 million more COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries with both celebration and hesitation. Questions remained Thursday whether the effort would match the scale and urgency required to help poor regions desperate for doses right now. With inequities in vaccine supplies around the world becoming alarmingly pronounced in recent months, some expressed hope that the pledge would encourage more such promises to fill a gaping need. Others stressed that the doses needed to roll out quickly. The […]

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