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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Low Covid jab rates in poorer countries falsely blamed on ‘vaccine hesitancy’ – report

Thousands of people queue at a mass vaccination programme in Bangladesh in February.
Thousands of people queue at a mass vaccination programme in Bangladesh in February. Photograph: Md Rafayat Haque Khan/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Vaccine hesitancy has been used as an excuse to mask international failures in the Covid-19 response, campaigners claim.

The pandemic’s true impact on low- and middle-income countries is not known because of a lack of testing capacity, especially in rural areas, a new report by health consultancy Matahari Global Solutions says.

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