More than half a billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide, according to the New York Times, and more than 75% of them have gone to people in the world’s richest countries: countries like the US, Canada, and the UK. According to a blog post in March from the People’s Vaccine Alliance, a coalition of around 50 anti-poverty and global aid groups, rich nations around the world are vaccinating one person every second, while the majority of poorer nations have yet to distribute even a single dose of the vaccine. The post warned that developing nations are facing critical shortages and medical supplies to cope with the number of cases they are facing. Many poorer nations won’t have widespread access to the vaccine until 2023 or 2024, according to a recent New York Times report.
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