Inequalities in access to Covid-19 vaccines persist around the world. A new analysis supported by the United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef finds that G-20 countries received 15 times more doses per capita of the Covid-19 vaccine than nations in sub-Saharan Africa.

The doses delivered to the world's 20 largest economies are also 15 times the per capita total delivered to low-income countries and three times more than the vaccines distributed to all other countries combined.  

Henrietta Fore, executive director of Unicef stated that "the inequality in vaccine access is not just leaving poor countries behind, but the whole world."  

Henrietta Fore reminds us that the G-20 leaders are about to meet and so "it is vital that they remember that in the Covid-19 vaccine race, we either win together or we lose together." 

The G-20 meeting takes place this weekend in Rome, Italy. UNICEF recalls that rich countries have promised to donate immunizers against Covid-19 to middle- and low-income nations. 

According to the UN, among 1.3 billion doses promised, only 194 million have been delivered so far for the Covax mechanism.

In Africa, less than 5% of the population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus, increasing the risks of new outbreaks.  

Source UN News