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Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, November 26 Title: Vaccines Bring Hope to the Global Fight Against the Epidemic
Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Ying
The cumulative number of new crown cases worldwide has exceeded 60 million, and the epidemic is still spreading at a rate of hundreds of thousands of cases every day, and the situation for humans and the virus remains grim. . Fortunately, good news about the research and development of the new corona vaccine has been frequently circulated globally, and new advances have been made in the clinical trials of several candidate vaccines. The severe winter will finally pass. As all countries continue to build consensus and strengthen cooperation, the day of victory in the use of vaccines to end the epidemic will finally come.
Faced with the epidemic of this century, from international organizations, regional organizations to governments, from non-governmental organizations, scientific research institutions to companies, the world has worked together to promote the development of new corona vaccines and set a new record in the history of vaccines. As of November 12, countries have informed the World Health Organization about more than 200 new candidate corona vaccines in development, of which 48 are in clinical trials, and many candidate vaccines have been mass-produced ahead of time. programmed. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said recently that there is “real hope now” to end the epidemic through a combination of vaccines and other public health measures that have been tested and proven effective.
At the same time, the global scientific community has set a new standard for the development of new corona vaccines. From the first time that Chinese scientists shared the genetic sequence of the new coronavirus, to the discovery of the mechanism of the new coronavirus that invades human cells by multiple teams around the world, from the establishment of cooperative initiatives led by the WHO as the “Accelerator of tools against the new coronary pneumonia”, to scientific research institutions and medicines in several countries. Companies move forward and continue to engage in the tide of R&D … Behind the “new standards” is determination and efforts from around the world to work together towards the same goal. These valuable experiences will surely become a new paradigm of cooperation for humanity to respond to future public health crises.
However, it should be noted that, although the research and development of the new corona vaccine has “sunlight”, its final procurement still faces several practical challenges, and countries still need to further strengthen cooperation. How long can vaccine-induced antibodies last? Is there a risk of antibody dependent potentiation (ADE)? Many technical problems must be solved by the scientific community; how to expand vaccine production capacity, how to reduce cold chain production and transportation costs, many economic difficulties require the industry. Departments working together to figure out how to ensure timely access to developing countries and poor people, how to determine the order of vaccination among groups and the rational distribution of vaccines, will test the political will of countries across the world. world and the ability to collaborate at all levels. Dr. Seth Berkeley, executive director of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, and Dr. Richard Hatchett, executive director of the Alliance for Epidemic Prevention and Innovation, jointly published an article emphasizing that humans need to receive the new vaccine. crown as soon as possible, but countries cannot do their thing, unity and cooperation are quick The best hope to end the epidemic.
No country can defeat the virus alone. In recent days, the leaders of many countries emphasized once again that the countries of the world must uphold multilateralism and unite and cooperate to tackle global challenges such as the new corona epidemic and economic recession. One is easy to break and the others are difficult to destroy. The call for cooperation is sure to become mainstream, causing the world to overcome the latest difficulties and obstacles, bring effective vaccines to every corner of the world, and gain the ultimate victory in the fight against the virus.
