Poorer nations face long wait for vaccines despite promises
âThe whole call for global solidarity has mostly been lost,â the World Health Organizationâs vaccines chief said.
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A health worker takes a swab sample of a woman for the COVID-19 rapid antigen test as other waits , in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, June 24, 2020. [ MANISH SWARUP | AP ]
Published Dec. 15, 2020
NEW DELHI â With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.
Poor countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises
by Maria Cheng And Aniruddha Ghosal, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 15, 2020 2:08 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 2:12 am EDT
In this undated photograph provided by Serum Institute of India, an employee at the institute works at their facility in Pune, India. The institute is further increasing its capacity for the coronavirus: from being able to make 1.5 billion shots in a year right now, to over 2.5 billion doses by the end of 2021. (Serum Institute of India via AP)
NEW DELHI With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.
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Maria Cheng And Aniruddha Ghosal
A health worker takes a sample to test for COVID-19 at a marketplace in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. With Americans, Britons and Canadians now rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) December 15, 2020 - 4:03 AM
NEW DELHI - With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.
2020/12/15 15:07 Volunteers wait to be checked at a vaccine trial facility for AstraZeneca at Soweto s Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Afri. Volunteers wait to be checked at a vaccine trial facility for AstraZeneca at Soweto s Chris Sani Baragwanath Hospital outside Johannesburg, South Africa, Monday Nov. 30, 2020. With Americans, Britons and Canadians now rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) In this undated photograph provided by Serum Institute of India, an employee at the institute works at their facility in Pune, India. The institute is.