https://www.scmp.com/rss/509978/feed Alexander Matheou is Asia Pacific director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The world is at a tipping point in the battle to contain the spread of Covid-19. Countries across Asia are struggling to access vaccines while tens of thousands are dying from the disease. Richer countries are sitting on enough doses to vaccinate their populations many times over. Sharing vaccine doses right now is our best shot if we are to prevent a further catastrophe in Asia. Recently, the G20 – countries with around 80 per cent of the world’s wealth – held a global health summit and called... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3135717/asia-needs-world-share-its-surplus-vaccine-doses-quickly-possible?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3135717/asia-needs-world-share-its-surplus-vaccine-doses-quickly-possible?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Jun 2021 19:30:14 +0000