Time.news – The Covid pandemic “will continue throughout 2022”. This is the alarm raised by Bruce Aylward, an expert at the World Health Organization. According to the WHO exponent, as reported by the BBC, less than 5% of the African population has been vaccinated, compared to 40% in most other continents.
Aylward called for pharmaceutical companies to prioritize lower-income countries. Rich countries, he said, need to “take stock” of where they stand with their donation pledges made at summits like the G7 this summer.
“I can tell you that we are not on the right track,” he commented. “Do we really need to accelerate or you know what? This pandemic will go on for a year longer than necessary.”
The majority of Covid vaccines have been provided to high-middle-income countries. Africa accounts for only 2.6% of the doses administered globally.
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