Vaccine woes will deepen polarisation in Argentina
Friday, April 30, 2021
Significance
A rise in cases and deaths has increased pressure on the government over its sluggish vaccine roll-out. Despite an announcement recently that a local laboratory will soon begin producing the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, questions over vaccine negotiations and planned AstraZeneca supplies are mounting.
Impacts
- Political concerns will increase vaccine hesitancy.
- Renewed lockdown measures will generate little compliance and will have more impact on the economy than the pandemic.
- A severe new winter wave would undermine prospects for economic recovery this year.