World faces a looming crisis compounded by vaccine inequities

In a world that has always favoured the rich over the poor—both within a country and across nations—the Covid-19 pandemic will worsen this maldistribution further unless actions are taken soon to rectify it. The richer countries have already garnered more than their fair share of vaccines, and are somewhat busy taking care of their own people. The resource-poor countries, without vaccines and now facing shortages brought about by the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) missteps, can only hope that the international organisations will take action to remedy the crisis and offer a helping hand by providing the financial and logistics support needed to balance the lopsided current distribution of vaccines and healthcare facilities with loans/grants that can prevent the disaster looming on the horizon.