The WHO says high-income countries have administered 48 times more doses per person than low-income nations
The African Vaccine Acquisition Trust has long had the finance needed to buy Covid-19 vaccines and has been engaging with all the manufacturers, but it is not able to secure deals with them and the vaccine-sharing platform Covax is also being edged out as developed countries horde vaccines, warned top public health officials on Thursday.
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