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Just 15% of people in low-income countries are vaccinated against COVID, WHO says

by Samantha Fields

May 11, 2022

The organization wants to vaccinate 70% of the world by mid-2022, but says there's not nearly enough funding to make that happen.

WHO will be urging world leaders to fund its vaccination efforts at the Second Global COVID-19 Summit on Thursday.

Jeroen Jumelet/ANP/AFP via Getty Images

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