Wealthier nations must share their COVID-19 vaccine supplies with developing countries or risk prolonging unnecessary suffering and death.
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a fear that Africa would be especially hard hit, given its endemic poverty and under-resourced national health systems. But for more than a year, it has defied those expectations. The continent avoided the coronavirus spikes seen elsewhere in the world, although its populations suffered deeply from the economic disruption that accompanied the outbreak.