Most poor nations "will take until 2024 to achieve mass Covid-19 immunisation" Most poor countries will not achieve mass Covid-19 immunisation until at least 2024 and some may never get there, according to a new forecast, which maps a starkly divided world over the next few years in which a handful of developed countries are fully vaccinated while others race to catch up. Countries such as the UK, US, Israel and those in the EU will probably achieve “widespread vaccination coverage” – meaning priority and vulnerable groups, and almost all of the rest of the population – by late 2021, according to analysis from the Economist Intelligence Unit. They will be followed by a slew of other developed countries by the middle of 2022 and then most middle-income countries by the end of that year: Global coronavirus cases pass 100m The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world on Tuesday passed 100 million since the start of the pandemic, according to Johns Hopkins University. The current total stands at 100,164,399. Worldwide, at least 2,153,477 people have lost their lives to Covid-19. The official number of cases registered since the pandemic first broke out in China, in late 2019, represents just a fraction of the real number of infections around the world, AFP reports. Many countries were late to implement systematic testing, and some continue to test only the most seriously ill. The poorest nations meanwhile only have the capacity for limited testing. The United States, which passed 25 million confirmed cases last weekend, remains the country with the largest outbreak. India is second with 10.7 million cases, and Brazil third with 8.9 million cases. UK Covid hotel quarantine system to target travellers from high-risk areas A hotel quarantine system targeted at arrivals from high-risk countries will be announced by the home secretary, Priti Patel, on Wednesday, after ministers met to sign off the more targeted approach. Boris Johnson rejected calls at Tuesday evening’s meeting for a blanket policy in favour of imposing hotel quarantine on British citizens from a limited number of countries such as South Africa and Brazil. Ministers were presented with a number of options, with some – including Patel and the health secretary, Matt Hancock, in favour of a more blanket approach, a larger number of countries on the list or even a temporary closure of UK borders. Labour said a country-by-country quarantine policy would be “half-baked” and leave the UK’s vaccination programme vulnerableto as-yet unknown strains of coronavirus. Summary Hello and welcome to today’s live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic with me, Helen Sullivan. In just over a year, 100 million people have been infected with Covid-19. At least 2,153,477 have died. I’ll be bringing you the latest as the staggering infections milestone is passed. Here are the other key developments from the last few hours: AstraZeneca’s chief executive has insisted the UK will come first for vaccines as he rejected calls to divert doses to the European Union following a breakdown in supply. US states will get a 17% increase in the amount of vaccines from next week after shortages across the country. The government will supply 10.1 million first and second doses, up from this week’s allocation of 8.6 million. Leaders of tribes in the Amazon rainforest have urged governments to ensure vaccine rollouts reach all its communities, according to Reuters. Head of the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Jose Gregorio Diaz, said his people faced a “health emergency”. The death toll in France rose to more than 74,000 on Tuesday, as its new case figures stayed above 20,000 for the fourth day in a row. President Emmanuel Macron hopes a new 6pm curfew will be enough to contain the surge. Iceland has issued its first vaccine “passports” in an attempt to ease international travel for people who have had the jab, AFP reports. Lebanon has hit a new daily record of Covid-19 deaths amid a second day of protests against strict lockdown measures. Another 73 people died in the last 24 hours from the virus, according to Associated Press. Brazil has had 61,963 new recorded cases and another 1,214 deaths. The South American country has now had 8,933,356 confirmed infections since the start of the pandemic, while the death toll has risen to 218,878. The Gambian health ministry has said it will “name and shame” people refusing to self-isolate, after 40 refused to do so last week or escaped treatment clinics. The west African country has recorded 128 deaths since the pandemic began.