UK Can't Even Provide Vaccines It Promised Delegates From Poor Nations So They Can Attend COP26

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Delegates to Cop26 from developing nations are increasingly frustrated by a lack of information about how they can access Covid-19 vaccines ahead of the Glasgow summit. The UK host announced in June that it would provide jabs to delegates from developing countries, who wouldn’t otherwise be able to get them before the UN climate talks taking place 31 October – 12 November.

Negotiators and civil society representatives due to the attend the conference were asked to apply for the vaccines by 23 July. As of 1 September, no vaccines had been delivered by the UK government and most of those who applied had heard nothing about if, when and how they would receive the jabs.

Climate Home News has spoken to climate campaigners in Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Pakistan, Argentina and Nicaragua who don’t know whether they will safely attend the critical event. They told Climate Home the situation was stressful and unfair, threatening to limit participation from poorer parts of the world.

The UK Cop26 organisers insisted all delegates who requested a vaccine had been contacted about how to book appointments. The first doses of AstraZeneca are due to be administered next week, they told Climate Home. With a four-week gap before the second dose, that leaves just enough time to get full protection by the end of October.

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https://www.climatechangenews.com/2021/09/01/frustration-mounts-cop26-delegates-wait-uks-promised-covid-vaccines/

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1. and here in the US of A

throwing away millons of doses.