Europe, UK and US to get more Covid vaccine in six weeks than Africa has all year

The UK, European Union, and the United States have received more doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the last six weeks than African countries have all year, according to new analysis from the People’s Vaccine Alliance (Ben Birchall/PA)

The European Union, the UK and the US have received more doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the last six weeks than African countries have all year, according to a new analysis from the People’s Vaccine Alliance (PVA).

The Amnesty International-backed organisation, which is made up of an array of not-for-profits including Human Rights Watch and Oxfam, says that despite making billions in profit Pfizer and Moderna continue to refuse to share the new generation of vaccine technology with poorer countries.