Exclusive: Let down by rich and failing the poor, global vaccine scheme to be shaken up

By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Shunned by rich countries and failing to meet the needs of the poorest, a programme co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO) for fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines is planning a shake-up, internal documents seen by Reuters show. The COVAX programme is far short of its target of delivering 2 billion doses by the end of the year, but does expect a big increase in supplies by early 2022, and wants to make sure that those, at least, reach the countries in direst need. COVAX's initial lofty ambitions to act as a clearing house for the world's vac...