A doctor in South Africa who has seen the COVID-19 pandemic push her country's health-care system to the "breaking point" says nations with large supplies of vaccines should consider sharing them early to protect at-risk people around the world. "Should Canada be able to vaccinate its entire population before high-risk people or health-care workers in South Africa get access to vaccine stocks? The pandemic has hit South Africa harder than anywhere else on the continent. Dr. Andrea Mendelsohn is senior medical officer in the Western Cape province's health department, South Africa. "Vaccines are the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's a long tunnel.

Source: CBC News December 29, 2020 18:33 UTC