Global Herd Immunity Remains Out of Reach Because of Inequitable Vaccine Distribution 99% of People in Poor Countries Are Unvaccinated

WASHINGTON DC, Jun 24 (IPS) - In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost. Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the COVID-19 pandemic. As of June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully vaccinated, nearly all of them in rich countries.

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