Most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Mongolia have yet to make any direct bilateral deals with vaccine manufacturers

Most of Sub-Saharan Africa, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Mongolia are among more than 60 nations that have so far been unable to make any direct bilateral deals with vaccine manufacturers.

A man buys a face mask on a road, after new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Karachi, Pakistan. Source: AAP Image/EPA/SHAHZAIB AKBER

Read the full story here: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/australia-s-vaccinations-are-about-to-begin-but-some-countries-may-have-to-wait-years

Pakistani students wearing facemasks to attend their first day of school with SOP's, at govt kinnaird high school in Lahore. Source: AAP Image/Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/Sipa USA

 

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