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The discovery and rollout of live-saving COVID-19 vaccines worldwide have spawned nine new billionaires, according to NGOs. The new billionaires include five people associated with Moderna and three from CanSino Biologics, a Chinese vaccine company. Between them, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion (€15.8 billion), enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries 1.3 times, the People s Vaccine, which comprises nine NGOs including Amnesty International, Oxfam and UNAIDS, said in a statement. Meanwhile, these countries have received only 0.2 per cent of the global supply of vaccines, because of the massive shortfall in available doses, despite being home to 10 per cent of the world s population, it added. ....