Chicago Tribune (July 19)
“When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided. But few expected poor countries to be at the mercy of donations from the rich, or that the inequity would be bad for so long. Poor countries have vaccinated 1% of their population, compared with 55% in the U.S. and about 25% globally.”
Tags: Competition, Coronavirus, Donations, Health officials, Inequity, Lopsided, Mercy, Poor, Race, Rich, Vaccines
South China Morning Post (February 22)
“The assured tone of top health officials has made China’s initial failure to take prompt measures to contain the coronavirus all the more telling – and not least because it is from the same family of viruses as Sars.”
Tags: Assured, China, Coronavirus, Failure, Health officials, Prompt measures, SARS, Tone
