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Uncontrolled spread gives Covid opportunities to evolve. The emergence of Omicron has highlighted the urgency of addressing low vaccination coverage in Africa and other places. Lack of supply has been a major barrier for months, but it's not the only one. 1/thread
Most people in high-income countries have been fully vaccinated but less than 10% of Africa’s population has. That puts the entire world at higher risk of new, potentially dangerous variants. Here are some of the challenges beyond supply that countries face. 2/
First, vaccine supply is unpredictable. Countries don’t know how much vaccine to expect and are often given short notice of shipments. Advance planning is crucial and we need better systems for projecting vaccine delivery. 3/
