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Canada & Global Vax Inequity (Nair)

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October 25, 2021

Canada & Global Vax Inequity (Nair)

By Ashwin Nair

WHAT CANADA NEEDS TO DO ABOUT GLOBAL VACCINE INEQUITY

As the country recovers from a third wave of COVID-19 infections, vaccinations have been ramping up. Canada now leads the world in terms of the share of the population vaccinated with at least one dose. While Canada has been lauded by some for this achievement, it has simultaneously been rebuked for ‘hoarding vaccines’ in securing enough doses to inoculate the Canadian population 5 times over – the largest vaccine portfolio of any government in the world. As vaccination rates inch closer to 70% in Canada, that number for the entire continent of Africa, with a population of over 1.2 billion, is just 2.24%.

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