The experts set up an international initiative called COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access initiative), designed to make sure that every country in the world gets access to vaccines regardless of its ability to pay. Almost a year-and-a-half into the pandemic, here’s a look at the current status of the highly ambitious global vaccination programme.
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us several lessons. One among them is that you can’t fight a deadly virus all alone. If one of us is unsafe, all of us are. This is why the phrase ‘vaccine nationalism’ becomes a matter of serious concern even when the development of the vaccines are in progress.