More than 10 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have now been administered, a major milestone for such a short period of time since the launch (late 2020-early 2021 depending on the country) of the largest vaccination programme in human history, which has already vaccinated more than 60% of the world population (4.8 billion people) with at least one dose of one of the approximately 20 existing vaccines. [HOWEVER, SCIENTISTS WARN THAT SIGNIFICANT INEQUALITIES IN ACCESS TO VACCINES REMAIN (ONLY 5.5% OF PEOPLE IN POOR COUNTRIES HAVE RECEIVED TWO DOSES, WHILE ACROSS AFRICA ONLY 16% HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE) AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO MODEL THE FUTURE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND PREDICT WHEN IT WILL END.
However, they believe it is more likely that Omicron will not be
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