The world’s efforts to vaccinate against Covid-19 have highlighted stark inequalities between nations – and nowhere have these been more apparent than in the Middle East and North Africa. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 8 A Syrian refugee receives a Covid-19 vaccine at a medical centre in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan in February. According to The New York Times Covid-19 vaccination database, 48 per cent of people in the Middle East have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. In Kuwait, the figure is 79 per cent, in Bahrain 73 per cent and in Saudi Arabia 72 per cent. Syria and Yemen, both of which have experienced civil war, have the lowest figures in the Mena region for Covid-19 vaccinations.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 12, 2021 18:56 UTC