The World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general voiced alarm yesterday at India’s record-breaking wave of coronavirus cases and deaths, describing the situation as “beyond heartbreaking. Shuaib noted that notwithstanding vaccinating 1,173,869, the government was aware of the global scarcity of COVID-19 vaccines due to high demand, especially in countries where the vaccines are being produced. President, AMS, Prof. Oladapo Ashiru, told The Guardian yesterday Nigeria could not afford to have a third wave. 525 that we discovered in Nigeria late last year are now the dominant variant in Nigeria (spreading faster than the UK B.1.1.7). Health campaigners, who raised the concerns, say the countries face destroying thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines that expired before they could be used.

Source: The Guardian April 27, 2021 04:30 UTC