Slow vaccination in low-income countries will delay the end of the pandemic

To understand how unevenly Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out around the world, look to Guinea. The World Health Organization says the West African state only administered 25 doses. For comparison, more than 39 million have been given in high-income countries, and over 7 million in the UK alone.

The reality is that while the EU battles AstraZeneca for vaccine supplies and the US government is weighing how many millions of people should be vaccinated each day, many middle-income countries …