What is being done to distribute COVID-19 vaccines globally? Groups are working to get shots to poor countries, but they’re falling short of what's needed to curb outbreaks.
How are COVID-19 vaccines being distributed globally? falling far shortAmong the efforts is COVAX, which relies on donations from rich countries and private funders. The group haslargely because it didn’t have the resources to secure vaccine supplies early on in the pandemic.
As of mid-August, COVAX has distributed about 207 million doses to 138 countries and territories. That’s compared with more than 417 million doses distributed in just the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.was created last year to try and ensure vaccines are distributed fairly and is led by public health agencies including the World Health Organization.
Logistics are another problem. To get vaccines from COVAX, countries have to show how they’ll distribute the shots and prioritize high-risk people like health workers and the elderly. But some countries that are in desperate need of vaccines haven’t been able to show they can carry out such plans and lack the funds to carry out immunization campaigns.
Other groups have been stepping in to help. In July, the African Union said it bought 400 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson shot for 45 African countries. China, Russia and the U.S. have donated millions of vaccines to countries. And in June, the leading industrial nations known as the Group of Seven said they would donate 1 billion doses to poor countries. The G-7 countries are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
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