GENEVA: Half of people in poorer countries have now received two vaccine doses against Covid-19, a global vaccine alliance said on Thursday, hailing progress in closing the vaccine equity gap.

Gavi, which co-leads the Covax global vaccine distribution scheme with the World Health Organization and others, said the 92 lower-income countries receiving donor-funded jabs had reached 50-percent coverage on average.

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