90% of people in 67 low income and lower-middle-income countries will not receive vaccinations against COVID-19 in 2021.The People’s Vaccine Alliance argue this is partly due to rich countries purchasing many times the number of doses of the vaccine necessary to vaccinate their populations.
The alliance is a coalition of organizations, including Amnesty International, Global Justice Now, Free the Vaccine, the Yunus Centre, Frontline AIDS, Oxfam, SumOfUs, and UNAIDS.They call for all vaccine manufacturers to share their intellectual property and technology openly, and for COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed according to need and be free to the public.Stay informed with live updates on the current COVID-19 outbreak and visit our coronavirus.