US President Joe Biden has promised every American adult they will be eligible for a COVID vaccination by April 19th. But what about the rest of the world? Only 0.01% of all vaccines distributed have gone to the developing world and now Kenya is being a hit by its 3rd wave of the virus. Many complain COVAX, the vaccine program run by the WHO, isn’t distributing the vaccine quick enough and AstraZeneca has been peppered with problems. Meanwhile, hospitals are running out of oxygen, beds are filling up and people are dying without the vaccine.
In this episode:
Catherine Soi (@C_SOI), Al Jazeera correspondent
Dr. Tom Kenyon (@TomKenyonMD), Chief Health Officer, Project HOPE and former Director of Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control
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