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Poor nations have to wait longer for Covid vaccines

People in developing countries should receive news of a breakthrough in the search for a Covid-19 vaccine with cautious optimism if the number of doses projected versus the demand is anything to go by.

In what was hailed as a ‘great day for science and humanity’, news of the vaccine that offers over 90 per cent protection yesterday breathed life into the race towards eradication of the pandemic through mass vaccination globally.