One billion Covid jabs: a pin-prick of hope for humanity
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24/04/2021 - 12:07 The inoculation drive is seen as the world s ticket out of the coronavirus disaster, despite various concerns LOIC VENANCE AFP/File 5 min
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On December 8, 90-year-old British woman Margaret Keenan, resplendent in her Christmas T-shirt, received the Western world s first Covid vaccination a chink of light at the end of the tunnel for humanity after a devastating pandemic year.
Six months on, nearly one billion Covid jabs -– both first and second shots have been administered globally, according to AFP s database.
The unprecedented inoculation drive is seen as the world s ticket out of the coronavirus disaster, despite concerns about rare side effects, worries over supply, and a glaring inequality between rich and poor.
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