GENEVA (AP) – The World Health Organization and its partners say they hope to provide Africa with about 30% of the COVID-19 vaccine needed by Africa by February, missing the 60% of vaccines expected by African leaders this year.
At a press conference on Tuesday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus telephoned Big difference in the growing number of vaccines between rich and poor countries a “problem that can be solved” and called on pharmaceutical companies to prioritize a UN-sponsored project called COVAX, which was designed to distribute vaccines worldwide.
But drug manufacturers – including Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna – have not shown any sign of wanting to change their recent strategy, which includes asking rich and regulatory countries to allow the shooting.
Tedros is called last week “stopping” the use of health promotion until the end of the year. Countries including Israel, France and Germany have already started giving three-quarters to other people; The UK announced on Tuesday that it would provide incentives to anyone over the age of 50 and young people at risk of COVID-19.
In the US, the FDA will hold a public debate on energy issues this week. Mu a piece of mind this week, two top FDA officials and WHO senior scientists wrote in the Lancet that the average person does not want to shoot.
To date, less than 4% of Africans have been fully vaccinated and more than 5.7 billion vaccines worldwide have been provided in just 10 countries.
EXPERIENCES he missed almost all of its goals and now call on rich countries to share their vaccine.
Dr. Seth Berkley, CEO of the Gavi vaccination alliance, said COVAX expects to have 1.4 billion units ready for shipment by the end of this year, about a quarter more than its original target.
Afreximbank president Benedict Oramah warned that more shootings in Africa would cost $ 500 million to another $ 600 million “on the fixed side,” and if inflation were included, it could mean $ 1 billion a year.
Strive Masiyiwa, an African Union representative on COVID-19 vaccine, also called for the ban on exports and trade rights to be lifted to make vaccines in Africa.
In June, the WHO and its partners set up a facility in South Africa that seeks to transfer the necessary expertise to the vaccine manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, but none of these companies have agreed to share vaccine recipes.
“It’s not a meaningless song, because our US neighbors helped these companies to launch another vaccine,” Masiyiwa said. “Now let this miracle be available to all people.”
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