A man receives the first of two Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine jabs, at Guy's Hospital, at the start of the immunisation programme in London, Britain last year. [Reuters]Much of the world is in a mad rush to access doses of Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate their populations. The country is also donating some 300,000 vaccine doses to Egypt, which was one of the first nations to okay the use of Chinese manufactured vaccine. For instance, Israel has donated Covid-19 vaccines to foreign allies such as Guatemala, Honduras, and the Czech Republic. But while China, India and Russia strategically deploy their stocks of coronavirus vaccines, countries in the West have been called out for hoarding the critical supplies.

Source: Standard Digital March 01, 2021 19:56 UTC