News Alert: U.S. has fully vaccinated nearly 20% of its population against coronavirus as gap widens between vaccine 'haves' and 'have-nots'

While the United States administers millions of inoculations a day, many countries are still waiting for their first shots to arrive or have just started vaccinating. A recent WHO estimate suggested that just 2 percent of the 690 million doses administered to date globally went to Africa. Experts and officials have argued that rich countries have not only a moral obligation to close the gap, but an interest in doing so. With a fraction of the world's population vaccinated, they say, the global economy won't recover and the virus will mutate and spread. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for alerts News Alert April 8, 4:40 p.m. EDT U.S. has fully vaccinated nearly 20% of its population against coronavirus as gap widens between vaccine 'haves' and 'have-nots' While the United States administers millions of inoculations a day, many countries are still waiting for their first shots to arrive or have just started vaccinating. A recent WHO estimate suggested that just 2 percent of the 690 million doses administered to date globally went to Africa. Experts and officials have argued that rich countries have not only a moral obligation to close the gap, but an interest in doing so. With a fraction of the world's population vaccinated, they say, the global economy won't recover and the virus will mutate and spread. Read more   Advertisement

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