The poorest countries still with limited access to vaccination against Covid-19

Our World in Data data shows that 61.5 percent of the world population received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. However, in low-income countries, the proportion is only 10.5 percent. And this is despite the launch of the COVAX initiative, which, thanks to donations from richer countries is to compensate for the differences in access to vaccines.

“As long as countries where tens of millions of people live, such as Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tanzania, do not receive vaccines, the pandemic will continue to spread,” Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart, director of the humanitarian aid program at the Polish Medical Mission, said. 

Interestingly, in these countries, the level of confidence in vaccination can be higher than in developed countries. The lack of access to vaccines among refugees is also a big problem in the fight against the pandemic.

“1/3 of the world's population does not have access to vaccines. The poorest countries, where the majority of the population live below the poverty line, i.e. it is estimated to be over 1 billion people in the world, have a vaccination level of up to 2 percent. These countries have not been covered by any international vaccination program or access to vaccines,” Małgorzata Olasińska-Chart added.

(Newseria)