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Slow vaccination in low-income countries will delay the pandemic's end

By Adam Vaughan

29 January 2021

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Thabisle Khlatshwayo in South Africa receives her first shot for a covid-19 vaccine trial

Jerome Delay/AP/Shutterstock

To understand how unequally covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out around the world, look to Guinea. The World Health Organization says the West African state has administered just 25 doses. By comparison, more than 7 million have been given .

The reality is that while the  and the many middle-income countries have only just begun roll-outs. Most low-income ones…

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