Americans abroad agitate to join the US’s vaccination rollout
We are stuck without shots or a way to get home, says expatriate in Cape Town
12 May 2021 - 14:02
Bangkok — Americans living abroad are asking Washington to send surplus coronavirus shots to overseas embassies so they can get a vaccine in countries where the pace of inoculations is slow and travelling home is difficult.
Many of the estimated 8-million Americans living abroad argue they should have the same right to a vaccine as US citizens back home. The US vaccination drive covers all of the population and surplus doses are earmarked for donation to India and other nations...
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