After the UK agreed to the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine, the global race to vaccinate people has grown more intense. After the UK, Bahrain has become the second nation in the world to grant an emergency authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has warned that the vaccine will not be a “magic solution” to handling the current crisis, emphasizing the need to continue appropriate Covid-19 behavior even after countries begin vaccinating. to his people. India has become the largest buyer of Covid-19 vaccines considering the millions of doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca, Novavax and Sputnik V candidates it has purchased.
Here are the latest updates on vaccines from around the world.
1. Before the vaccine Pfizer, Bahrain, which has a population of 1.6 million, had granted emergency use authorization to a Chinese vaccine manufactured by Sinopharm.
2. According to experts, the quantity of doses that India has bought will cover 60% of its population, which will be enough to develop herd immunity.
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3. At an all-party meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a Covid-19 vaccine in India could be ready in a few weeks and that the vaccination campaign will start as soon as scientists give the go-ahead.
4. Americans will not be forced to take the Covid-19 vaccine, US President-elect Joe Biden said when states submitted requests for vaccines on Friday.
5. Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine through 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease.
6. The World Health Organization has warned that vaccines will not be a magic bullet to the coronavirus crisis as nations prepare for a massive rollout to deal with emerging infections. “Vaccines do not equal zero Covid,” said WHO emergency director Michael Ryan, adding that not everyone will be able to receive it early next year.
7. The World Health Organization expects to have 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available for distribution through its global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021.
In India, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who was administered the test dose of the indigenous Covid-19 Covaxin vaccine last month, tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. Bharat Biotech, the developer of the vaccine, clarified that its efficacy can only be determined 14 days after the second dose.
(With contributions from the agency)
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