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As wealthy nations including the UK begin giving out Covid booster shots, the world's poorest countries, about 9 per cent of global population, have received just 0.4 percent of the vaccines administered.
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That disparity is having disastrous consequences in places like Idlib in north western Syria.
The last rebel held enclave has endured a decade of war and now faces a deadly threat from the Delta variant.
The few hospitals that survived President Assad's bombs are now overwhelmed, not just with adults but increasingly with children, too.
Warning: this report by our health editor Victoria Macdonald contains distressing scenes.
Filmmaker: Fadi Al Halabi; Producers: Millicent Teasdale and Kamal Kaddourah
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That disparity is having disastrous consequences in places like Idlib in north western Syria.
The last rebel held enclave has endured a decade of war and now faces a deadly threat from the Delta variant.
The few hospitals that survived President Assad's bombs are now overwhelmed, not just with adults but increasingly with children, too.
Warning: this report by our health editor Victoria Macdonald contains distressing scenes.
Filmmaker: Fadi Al Halabi; Producers: Millicent Teasdale and Kamal Kaddourah
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