How access to mRNA Covid vaccines is dividing the world between haves and have-nots Only a handful of facilities in the US and Western Europe account for almost all of the world’s mRNA vaccine supply — leaving many countries in a desperate race to catch up. Bruce Einhorn 16 July, 2021 10:26 am IST Text Size: A+ Hong Kong: The latest surge in Covid-19 cases is widening one of the biggest inequities of the pandemic era: The gap between nations that have messenger RNA vaccines and those that don’t. The cutting-edge technology, which made its debut during the pandemic, has proven more effective than any other in staving off infections and serious illness from the coronavirus. Yet just a handful of facilities in the U.S. and Western Europe account for almost all of the world’s mRNA vaccine supply — leaving many countries in a desperate race to catch up.