“Failure for humanity”: rich world aims to end vaccine inequities
Rome, ItalyReuters Rich nation leaders and big drugmakers promised on Friday to do more to bridge the startling divide in fighting COVID-19, with an increased flow of badly-needed vaccines to poorer regions. Lavishly-funded mass inoculation campaigns are helping many wealthy countries slash infections, but few shots have reached less developed nations where the virus still […]
South Africa warns of “vaccine apartheid” if rich countries hog shots
Johannesburg, South AfricaReuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday that if wealthy nations hogged COVID-19 shots while millions in poor countries died waiting for them it would amount to “vaccine apartheid”. South Africa and India have been pushing for a waiver on some intellectual property rights for vaccines and medicines at the World […]