{"id":31255,"date":"2021-04-22T18:35:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/22\/revealed-big-shortfall-in-covax-covid-vaccine-sharing-scheme"},"modified":"2021-04-22T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T09:35:45","slug":"revealed-big-shortfall-in-covax-covid-vaccine-sharing-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=31255","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages bite<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxford\/AstraZeneca doses it estimated would arrive in countries by May, according to a Guardian analysis, starkly illustrating the cost of exports bans, hoarding and supply shortages on a scheme that represents a key lifeline for many in the developing world.<\/p>\n<p>The organisations that run Covax <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/25\/worlds-poorest-face-vaccine-delays-through-covax-programme\">had predicted<\/a> that countries would receive fewer vaccines that expected after the Indian government restricted exports from its largest manufacturer in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/22\/india-hits-global-record-of-315000-new-daily-cases-as-covid-wave-worsens\">a catastrophic second wave there<\/a>, but the figures reveal the shortfall to be severe, leaving many governments scrambling to secure doses elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/22\/revealed-big-shortfall-in-covax-covid-vaccine-sharing-scheme\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages biteCoronavirus \u2013 latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxfo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1640,6,1066,59,566,62,647,565,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astrazeneca","category-business","category-coronavirus","category-global-development","category-global-health","category-india","category-pharmaceuticals-industry","category-vaccines-and-immunisation","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31256,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31255\/revisions\/31256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}