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WHO’s COVID-19 Plan to Vaccinate Poorer Nations Faces “Very High” Risk of Failure

HeadlineDec 17, 2020

The World Health Organization’s global plan for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to 91 poor and middle-income countries faces a “very high” risk of failure and could leave billions of people with no access to vaccines until as late as 2024. That’s according to internal WHO documents seen by Reuters, which reports the countries most at risk are mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We’ll have more on global vaccination equity after headlines.

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