Ghaziabad/Noida: Ever since the Covid vaccine rollout started for all, a big gap has been emerging between Noida and Ghaziabad’s urban and rural areas leaving a chunk of the population vulnerable to the virus.
Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad have managed to inoculate only a fraction of its rural population from April 1 till now, while the urban areas have received a lion’s share of the vaccinations. In Ghaziabad, only 1.6 lakh of the total 11 lakh rural population has been given at least one dose. In GB Nagar, only about a lakh of its 5 lakh rural population have been inoculated at least once.
Covid Updates: Africa Faces Third Wave as Vaccine Rollout Sputters
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The U.S. detailed plans to send 25 million doses of the vaccine abroad. And the death toll in long-term care facilities has dropped sharply, from a peak of 5,000 a week to fewer than 300.
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South African retirees waiting to receive doses of Covid vaccine at a clinic near Johannesburg, South Africa, last week.Credit.Themba Hadebe/Associated Press
A sudden, sharp rise in coronavirus cases in many parts of Africa could amount to a continental third wave, the World Health Organization warned on Thursday, a portent of deeper trouble for a continent whose immunization drives have been crippled by shortfalls in funding and vaccine doses.