Speed and scale of continent s third wave of Covid is unprecedented and risks overwhelming hospitals
6 July 2021 • 6:00am
Digging a grave at Al Sahafa Cemetery, the largest in Khartoum, Sudan - where around 90 per cent of Covid deaths are believed to go unreported
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Africa is facing a “perfect storm” of Covid-19, Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has warned, with cases surging by almost 2,000 per cent in just a month in some parts of the continent.
It is an “urgent, vital necessity” to increase vaccine supply to Africa as the delta variant begins to take hold, Mr Blair wrote in the foreword of a new report, published on Tuesday.
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G7 vaccine largesse all hinges on timing, says Covax
Longer term supplies now look good, but the scheme faces acute shortages in coming months as new variants circulate
11 June 2021 • 6:10pm
Leaders of G7 countries gather in Cornwall. The US has announced plans to purchase 500m shots for Covax, while the UK has pledged 100m. Other nations are expected to make similar announcements
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What to make of the new pledges from the UK, US, Canada and others to donate hundreds of millions of spare vaccine doses to the developing world?
Covax, the body co-ordinating the initiative, says it is optimistic about the medium to long term but warns the crisis over supply is now.