Rich countries roll out vaccines for their people, poor EA waits at back of the queue

The majority of East African citizens will have to wait till 2022 to access the Covid-19 vaccine as the available doses (specifically Biontech-Pfizer and the Moderna) have been pre-purchased by rich countries.

This leaves the region at the mercy of the Gavi vaccine initiative — Covax, co-led by the World Health Organisation.