Wealth has also played a role in the global vaccination drive, with rich countries accused of locking up supplies. “When we get out our microscopes, we see that within countries, the most vulnerable have suffered most,” Ko said. “What do we have to do to protect ourselves so we don’t get to another 5 million?” Albert Ko, an infectious disease specialist at the Yale School of Public Health. “This is a defining moment in our lifetime,” said Dr. alone has recorded over 745,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.
Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil - all upper-middle- or high-income countries - account for one-eighth of the world’s population but nearly half of all reported deaths. The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Send this page to someone via email email.
