Asia's Vaccine Disparity: Can We Inoculate Indonesia & Philippines? | Insight | COVID-19

Indonesia became Asia’s epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in July, with infection rates driven by the Delta variant. The highly transmissible variant has also started to spread in the Philippines. But with global vaccine distribution skewed towards richer nations, both countries face the same dire lack of vaccines, stymying the roll-out of their vaccination programmes. Together, there are now more than 100,000 deaths in both nations and their health systems are overwhelmed.

What led to this situation? What can both Indonesia and the Philippines do now to face down the crisis?

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