There is simply no vaccine at all.
Not even for the doctors and nurses, like her, tasked with caring for those infected with COVID-19 in Chad, one of the least developed countries in the world.
While wealthier nations around the world have stockpiled vaccines for their citizens, many other countries have scrambled to secure enough doses.
A few, like Chad, have yet to receive any.
Chad has confirmed only 170 deaths since the pandemic began, but efforts to stop the virus entirely here have been elusive.
Although the capital s international airport was closed briefly last year, its first case came via someone who crossed one of Chad s porous land borders illegally.
Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all
At a hospital in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.
There are simply no vaccines at all.
Credit: WQAD/Josh Lamberty Author: Associated Press Updated: 10:23 AM CDT May 9, 2021
N DJAMENA, Chad At the small hospital where Dr. Oumaima Djarma works in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.
There are simply no vaccines at all.
Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for COVID-19 patients in Chad, one of the least-developed nations in the world where about one third of the country is engulfed by the Sahara desert.
May 10, 2021
Krista Larson
N’DJAMENA, CHAD (AP) At the small hospital where Dr Oumaima Djarma works in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best.
There are simply no vaccines at all. Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for COVID-19 patients in Chad, one of the least-developed nations in the world where about one third of the country is engulfed by the Sahara desert.
“I find it unfair and unjust, and it is something that saddens me,” the 33-year-old infectious diseases doctor said. “I don’t even have that choice. The first vaccine that comes along that has authorisation, I will take it.”
Many poorer countries are scrambling to secure coronavirus vaccines and some, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), have yet to receive any doses.
The WHO said about a dozen countries – many of them in Africa – are still waiting to get vaccines.
Those last in line on the continent include Chad, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Eritrea and Tanzania.
At the small hospital where Dr Oumaima Djarma works in Chad’s capital, there are no debates over which coronavirus vaccine is the best. There are simply no vaccines at all.
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Not even for the doctors and nurses like her, who care for Covid-19 patients in Chad, one of the least-developed nations in the world where about a third of the country is engulfed by the Sahara desert.