Biden’s Global Vaccine Push Falters, Echoing U.S. Struggles (1)

Feb. 14, 2022, 10:40 PM UTC

President Joe Biden’s effort to vaccinate the world against Covid-19 is falling short, echoing the faltering campaign to inoculate Americans and raising the risk that more dangerous variants of the virus will yet emerge.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged in a virtual meeting with other countries on Monday that the globe is not on pace to meet a goal of vaccinating 70% of the entire human population by later this year, a target set in 2021 both by Biden and the World Health Organization.

Low-income countries -- particularly in Africa, where the omicron variant was first detected -- ...

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