In the Heat of the COVID-19 Vaccine Apartheid

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and infodemic has dealt a serious blow to the progress and stability of humanity in its quest to realise a sustainable future. The position of libraries and other key stakeholders in the development equation needs a fundamental rethinking in order to build capacity to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and its mutations. The challenges being encountered by developing countries in accessing COVID-19 vaccines serve as a wakeup call for all institutions to rethink, redefine, and restrategise how they can work in unison to provide solutions to save humanity from the effects of vaccine nationalism. The positions of all key stakeholders should resonate with the aspirations of the progressive world to ensure cooperation and camaraderie in ensuring egalitarian access to the COVID-19 vaccinations. This chapter seeks to unpack the phenomenon of the COVID-19 vaccine apartheid and raise awareness on the role of access to credible information in the wake of the pandemic.