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The Lancet: Rich countries snap up 70% of COVID-19 vaccine doses

2021-02-15 09:17:26       source:CGTN

Febuary 14, 2021


Some high-income countries, representing 16 percent of the global population, have snapped up at least 70 percent of COVID-19 vaccine doses available in 2021, according to a report published in the medical journal the Lancet on Friday.


In the report, scientists said rich countries had secured at least 4.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines, warning that their stockpiling of the vaccine doses would result in a shortfall in poorer and mid-income countries for years to come.

 

According to COVID-19 vaccine procurement data tracked by Duke Global Health Innovation Center, as of February 8, the U.S. has bought more than 1.2 billion doses to vaccinate its population twice; Canada has purchased enough doses to vaccinate its population five times; the EU has ordered enough doses to vaccinate its people more than two times; and the UK has got more than three times than it needs to inoculate its whole population.


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