Economics
Vaccine Delays Leave Latin America’s Economies in the Mud
- At current pace, it will take years to inoculate Latin America
- Economists forecast growth to fizzle after surge in infections
Colombia only began administering shots last week.
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Latin America and the Caribbean, the region where the coronavirus outbreak caused the worst economic destruction and more than a quarter of the world’s deaths, is now falling victim to a slow inoculation campaign.
Political fights and production bottlenecks are stymieing Brazil’s vaccination efforts. Mexico is struggling to source doses as its death toll surpasses India’s. Colombia only began administering shots last week.