Picture of two pandemics: Covid cases fall in rich west as poorer nations suffer | Coronavirus | The Guardian
More cases have been reported in the past two weeks than in the entire first six months of the pandemic, with south Asia bearing the brunt. theguardian.com/world/2021/may…
More cases have been reported in the past two weeks than in the entire first six months of the pandemic, with south Asia bearing the brunt. theguardian.com/world/2021/may…
“Africa now accounts for only 1% of vaccine doses administered globally, the WHO said, down from 2% a few weeks ago, as other regions’ vaccine distribution programmes are progressing much faster”.
“The first vaccines deliveries to 41 African countries under the Covax scheme began in March, but nine countries have so far administered only a quarter of the doses received, while 15 countries have used less than half of their allocations.”
This in countries where oxygen, hospital beds & equipment are in short supply 
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