The places that were best at keeping Covid at bay are now struggling with their exit strategies.
However the rate of infection since those peaks has halved. For places like South Korea - which has never gone into a hard lockdown - experts say that vigilant tracing and a united community effort has once again helped to bring the curve down.
Initial procurement was difficult around the globe yet it was often countries hit hard by the pandemic that quickly managed to get a vaccination programme going, if they could afford it. Those with low infection rates have appeared slow and complacent in securing enough jabs for their citizens.The US and Europe for instance have vaccinated around half or more of their populations and many South American countries have administered millions of Covid shots.
Singapore however is a city state with just over 5 million people, so the actual number of shots given remains small. Compare that, for example, to India's 250 million doses.With Covid-19 likely to become an endemic disease, the only way out for countries is through vaccination.
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