Travel demand from Latin American countries to the US has increased in 2021, fueled by growing interest in "vaccine tourism" according to some travel and health experts. For Etienne, vaccine tourism is not a solution but "a symptom of how unequally vaccines are being distributed in the Americas." "We are seeing that vaccine tourism is a real thing and very prevalent. And as long as the inequality on vaccine distribution worldwide continues, vaccine tourism will continue to increase," says Ernesto Ortiz, senior manager at Duke University's Global Health Institute, which monitors vaccine distribution across the world. Closer to home is Cuba, which is currently developing its own Covid-19 vaccine with two candidates in their final phase three of clinical trials.

Source: CNN May 26, 2021 18:11 UTC