As U.S. vaccinates kids against COVID, Africa is mired in fear amid "unconscionable" shortages

Johannesburg, South Africa — The Biden administration's plan to buy 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and donate them to the lowest-income nations in the world is part of a global push to give everyone equal access to the vaccine. Experts have warned for months that if more of the global population isn't protected from the virus, it will continue to mutate, threatening everyone with new strains that could resist the vaccines available.

But while the U.S. has administered 92 doses per every 100 people, other places around the world are far behind. Not even 1% of the total African population is fully vaccinated, and several countries haven't given any shots at all yet. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports that in South Africa — one of the wealthiest nations on the continent — just 2.4 doses have been given per 100 residents.