World Coronavirus Dispatch: Vaccine spree by rich hiding global suffering

Experts seek sweeping reforms to prevent next pandemic, outbreaks in Bangkok prisons push Thai cases to new record, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Wealthy nations’ vaccine spree obscures global misery

Falling case loads in wealthy nations due to rocket-speed vaccinations may give a false sense of security that everything is fine and may also hide the suffering of millions of people from the pandemic who don't have access to vaccines. Despite declining trends in the developed world, more than 600,000 new Covid cases are being reported globally each day on an average, as epidemics in countries like Colombia, Brazil and Malaysia refuse to die down. Global health officials stress that more international coordination is required to fix the inefficiencies and inequities in vaccination drives.