Pakistanis have become less likely to say they will accept a Covid vaccine.
Since the start of the pandemic, Pakistanis have become less likely to say they will accept a Covid vaccine. Saher Asad, Javaeria Qureshi, Mariam Raheem, Taimur Shah, and Basit Zafar look at the findings of a new survey into vaccine hesitancy and suggest how the government could overcome it.
Even rich countries have often struggled to roll out vaccines but in the Global South, things are much worse. In Pakistan, access to jabs has so far been limited to healthcare workers and people over 50. As of March 2021, an average of 0.2 doses had been administered for every 100 people in Pakistan, strikingly lower than the regional average for Asia (4.5 doses for every 100 people).