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Original title: Unfair Distribution of Vaccines Worldwide Tan Desai is anxious: Rich countries cannot do this Source: Xinhua News Agency
As vaccination efforts continue in various parts of the world, various difficulties and problems related to the production, supply and vaccination of vaccines have attracted special attention. The World Health Organization has always emphasized the need to promote the fair distribution of vaccines. A few days ago, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a speech at the WHO Executive Committee, criticizing some rich countries for hoarding goods, skipping lines, going through the back door and driving up prices.
“I must be frank: the world is on the brink of catastrophic moral failure, and the price of this failure will be the lives and livelihoods of people in the world’s poorest countries,” Tedros warned.
Tan Desai said: “The government of all countries wants to give priority to vaccinating health workers and the elderly in the country. This is not a problem. However, let us let the youngest and healthiest adults in the countries wealthy people are better than health workers and health workers in poor countries. Older people will be vaccinated sooner, there will be problems. There will be enough vaccines available for everyone, but now, we must start from the perspective of a global family and working together to ensure that all countries facing the highest risk of serious illness and death are given priority. “
Recently, the WHO emphasized that it is necessary to promote the equitable distribution of vaccines through its COVAX plan (Implementation Plan for the New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine).
In this regard, Tedros said: “Some countries and companies talk about fair distribution, but they still prioritize bilateral transactions, ignore the COVAX plan, raise prices and try to jump in the queue.”
He said vaccine manufacturers prioritize getting marketing approval from rich countries in search of higher profits, rather than submitting complete materials to WHO. This can delay the delivery of vaccines in the COVAX plan, causing what the WHO originally wanted to avoid. Issues like stock grabbing, market chaos, and lack of coordination.
On January 19, in Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil, medical personnel vaccinated an indigenous people with the new Chinese crown vaccine. Published by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Lucio Tavola)
For example, Tan Desai said that according to statistics, 49 high-income countries around the world have vaccinated their inhabitants with 39 million doses, while a certain lower-income country has only received 25 doses so far. “Not 25 million, or 25!”
Tedros asked that this “self-priority” approach not only ignores high-risk groups in low-income countries, but also “picks up a stone and hits its foot.” “Ultimately, these actions will only prolong the epidemic, prolong our suffering and prolong the relevant prevention and control measures, which will keep people and the economy suffering.”
In addition to moving with affection, but also having to know him for “profit”. Tan Desai cites the results of a study that says that advancing the fair distribution of vaccines can bring economic benefits equivalent to US $ 153 billion for the 10 richest countries in 2021, and this figure will reach US $ 466 billion by 2025.
“It is not too late. I call on all countries to come together and ensure that medical personnel and the elderly can be vaccinated in all countries during the first 100 days of this year. This is in the best interest of all. countries of the planet “.
On January 16, in New Delhi, India, a medical worker prepares for the new corona vaccine injection. Xinhua News Agency / AFP
Tedros said that humanity has had painful lessons. For example, more than 10 years after the advent of effective AIDS drugs, the world’s poorest people can use them; Another example is when the poorest people in the world receive the H1N1 vaccine, the epidemic is over.
He hopes that this time human beings will be able to write a different ending in the fight against the new corona epidemic and prevent the same mistakes from being repeated. “What happens next is up to us.”
