Kuwait Puts Citizens Before Expats as Vaccine Push Stirs Anger

People wait for their turn to be vaccinated in Kuwait City on Dec. 29, 2020. 

Photographer: Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images

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Kuwait’s vaccinating its citizens against Covid-19 at six times the rate of expatriates who make up two-thirds of the population, spurring claims of racism and concerns the discrepancy will delay a return to normal life.

Around 119,000 Kuwaitis and 18,000 expats have been vaccinated, according to the latest data, despite more than half of those registered for a jab being foreign.