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Vaccine (geo)politics

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By Veton Surroi The line dividing Kosovo and Serbia now also marks the boundary between a country without any vaccines and a country becoming a leader in vaccination: an illustration of the geopolitical challenges of COVID-19. 1. A Bulgarian friend had published some statistics on COVID-19 vaccination in Europe. The United Kingdom stood on the top of the list. Moving at the current vaccination pace, the UK will reach herd immunity (meaning 70 percent of the population has received a vaccine) this August. Bulgaria was at the bottom of that list. Continuing at its current vaccination rate, it will reach…

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