Berlin: The World Health Organization A United Nations-backed program to send coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now distributed 1 billion doses, but the milestone is “only a reminder of the work that has been done” in rich countries due to hoarding and stockpiling, it said on Sunday. is after.
A shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda on Saturday included the billionth dose supplied through kovax program, the United Nations Health Agency said.
The WHO has long criticized the uneven distribution of vaccines and called on manufacturers and other countries to prioritize COVAX. It said that, as of Thursday, 36 of its 194 member states had vaccinated less than 10% of their population and 88 had less than 40%.
The program has delivered deliveries to 144 countries so far, the WHO said in a statement, “but the work that has gone into this milestone is only a reminder of the work that remains.”
“COVAX’s ambition was compromised by hoarding/stocking in wealthy countries, devastating outbreaks caused borders and supplies to be closed,” “and the lack of licenses, technology and information sharing by pharmaceutical companies meant Manufacturing capacity went untapped.
In late December, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged everyone to make a “New Year’s resolution” to abandon the campaign to vaccinate 70% of the country’s population by early July.
In a newspaper interview published on Sunday, Germany’s new minister of international development said she wanted to use her country’s presidency this year. group of seven Industrial countries to ensure that COVAX gets the resources it needs in 2022.
“Unfortunately, there are still very few countries participating in the funding of the global vaccination campaign,” Svenja Schultz told the Funke newspaper group. “together Sweden, Norway, Canada and weWe are the ones who are giving the most. Other industrialized countries have important bases to hold onto.
Germany has said it donated 103 million doses to poor countries last year and plans to donate another 75 million in 2022.
Schultz indicated that she wants to expand help to developing countries to produce the vaccines themselves, with a preferred objective being partnerships between companies to produce vaccines under license.
Asked whether it would make sense to waive patents on COVID-19 patents, which was opposed by Germany’s previous government, he replied: “I doubt that if we waive patents, developing countries will Vaccines will be more easily available.” The issue is only a small part. Regarding the production process, she argued.
A shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda on Saturday included the billionth dose supplied through kovax program, the United Nations Health Agency said.
The WHO has long criticized the uneven distribution of vaccines and called on manufacturers and other countries to prioritize COVAX. It said that, as of Thursday, 36 of its 194 member states had vaccinated less than 10% of their population and 88 had less than 40%.
The program has delivered deliveries to 144 countries so far, the WHO said in a statement, “but the work that has gone into this milestone is only a reminder of the work that remains.”
“COVAX’s ambition was compromised by hoarding/stocking in wealthy countries, devastating outbreaks caused borders and supplies to be closed,” “and the lack of licenses, technology and information sharing by pharmaceutical companies meant Manufacturing capacity went untapped.
In late December, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged everyone to make a “New Year’s resolution” to abandon the campaign to vaccinate 70% of the country’s population by early July.
In a newspaper interview published on Sunday, Germany’s new minister of international development said she wanted to use her country’s presidency this year. group of seven Industrial countries to ensure that COVAX gets the resources it needs in 2022.
“Unfortunately, there are still very few countries participating in the funding of the global vaccination campaign,” Svenja Schultz told the Funke newspaper group. “together Sweden, Norway, Canada and weWe are the ones who are giving the most. Other industrialized countries have important bases to hold onto.
Germany has said it donated 103 million doses to poor countries last year and plans to donate another 75 million in 2022.
Schultz indicated that she wants to expand help to developing countries to produce the vaccines themselves, with a preferred objective being partnerships between companies to produce vaccines under license.
Asked whether it would make sense to waive patents on COVID-19 patents, which was opposed by Germany’s previous government, he replied: “I doubt that if we waive patents, developing countries will Vaccines will be more easily available.” The issue is only a small part. Regarding the production process, she argued.
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