5 May 2021 - Less than one dose for every 100 of the world’s people has been given away.

There was a time when some thought poor countries might escape the worst of the pandemic—owing to population density, demographics or climate. 

That has proved not to be the case. Indeed, judging by “excess deaths”, a measure of the number of people who die from any cause in a given period compared with the historical average, poor countries have often fared worse than rich ones.

Read The Economist article