High and upper-middle income countries have been able to reach high vaccine coverage across their populations, surpassing global targets. Early this year, 70% of the population of G20 countries have now been fully vaccinated. Unfortunately, while progress has been made, the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines against global targets remains unequal and falls short of the expectations. 6.
Differences in economies Currently, around 50% of announced vaccine donations by high-income countries have been delivered to low-income countries. Although the acute impact of the COVID-19 pandemic now seems to be fading in most parts of the world, there is still an opportunity to minimise the cost of having to live with the virus.