Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

By Associated Press

Feb 07, 2021 3:50 pm

NEW DELHI: With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations (UN) program, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing the shots through a private deal.

In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, a Nepalese doctor receives the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine at Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. AP PHOTO

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