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1. Health experts and world leaders have given this warning.
It is not enough
to vaccinate people in rich nations against the coronavirus. All countries
must get enough vaccines to protect all their people.
2. “We’ve said all through this pandemic that we are not safe unless we are
all safe,” said John Nkengasong. He heads the Africa Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
At the start of the pandemic, many poor countries with weak health care
systems appeared to have avoided major problems.
But that is changing.
3. Concerns are growing in some of the world’s poorest countries as

coronavirus infections increase and new versions of the virus appear. There
also have been shortages of vaccine in many countries.
4. The crisis has shocked public health officials and millions of unvaccinated
people. This is especially the case in countries where people live with only
enough money to survive and pay for health emergencies themselves.
5. The United Nations supported program called COVAX aims to provide

vaccines to poor countries. However, the program faces a serious shortage of
vaccines.
6. As a result, the U.S., Britain and the other rich, industrialized countries
agreed to share at least 1 billion vaccine doses with poor countries over the
next year. The Group of Seven nations are expected to begin sharing the
vaccines in August.
7. Some of Africa’s 1.3 billion people are at risk. They make up 18 percent
of the world’s population. However, the continent has received only two
percent of all vaccine doses given worldwide. Some African countries have
yet to vaccinate anyone.
8. Zimbabwe has enforced new lockdown measures because of a sharp rise

in cases and deaths in the country. It has over 15 million people but has used
just over a million of 1.7 million doses of vaccine. Experts blame the lack of
vaccines in urban areas on the difficulties of organizing and administering
vaccination efforts.
9. Months ago, officials in Zimbabwe were urging people to get vaccinated.
But many chose not to. Now, long lines form at health centers giving the
vaccines. Many people are worried about winter and new forms of the virus.
10. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is Africa director of the World Health

Organization. She said the increase in cases should push everyone to action.
She explained that people must be tested and separated from others. Keeping
records of people’s movements, known as contact tracing, is another
measure that must quickly increase, she added.
11. She said recently that new coronavirus cases in Africa have risen by
nearly 30 percent.
In Zambia, a vaccination campaign has slowed. Officials report that the

country is running out of oxygen for patients with breathing problems. Sick
people whose cases are not severe are being turned away by hospitals in
Lusaka, the capital.
12. And Uganda is fighting a sharp rise in cases and is reporting different
forms of the virus. Health officials told the Associated Press that people in
their 20s and 30s are getting infected.
13. Dr. Ian Clarke founded a hospital in Uganda. He said that vaccine
demand is growing among people who, at first, did not want to be
vaccinated. But now, he added, they do not know when or from where they
will get more vaccine doses.
14. The World Health Organization, or WHO, said nearly 90 percent of

African countries are set to miss the global target of vaccinating 10 percent
of their people by September.
However, concerns about vaccination efforts are not limited to Africa.
15. At the end of May, 600,000 people in Afghanistan had received at least
one dose of the vaccine. That is less than two percent of the population of 36
million.
China donated 700,000 doses of vaccine which arrived recently. Within

hours, “people were fighting with each other to get to the front of the line,”
said Health Ministry spokesperson Dr. Ghulam Dastigir Nazari.
16. And in Haiti, hospitals are turning away sick people. The country is
waiting to receive its first vaccines. Supplies from the UN’s COVAX
program have been delayed. Haitian officials also worry that the doses
cannot be kept at the required temperature for safe storage.

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1. Health experts and world leaders have given this warning.

But that is changing.

3. Concerns are growing in some of the world’s poorest countries as

5. The United Nations supported program called COVAX aims to provide

8. Zimbabwe has enforced new lockdown measures because of a sharp rise

10. Dr. Matshidiso Moeti is Africa director of the World Health

In Zambia, a vaccination campaign has slowed. Officials report that the

14. The World Health Organization, or WHO, said nearly 90 percent of

However, concerns about vaccination efforts are not limited to Africa.

China donated 700,000 doses of vaccine which arrived recently. Within

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