99% of Yemenis unvaccinated as virus spreads: Oxfam  

Ninety-nine percent of Yemenis are unvaccinated against COVID-19, Oxfam said Wednesday, as the region’s poorest country battles a third wave of the virus. 

Less than 1% of Yemen’s population of 30.5 million has received one dose of the vaccine and just 0.05% is fully vaccinated, the aid agency said. 

As cases surge, Yemen faces a crippling shortage of vaccines. The global COVAX initiative, which is Yemen’s only source of vaccines, has sent the country just 511,000 of the 4.2 million doses it has pledged to deliver. 

“Vaccination is a simple solution that would save lives, but the international community is failing the people of Yemen who need doses now,” said Muhsin Siddiquey, Oxfam’s country director in Yemen.