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Covid-19 Vaccine Roll Out Urgent as More Infectious New Strains Take Hold
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Drugmakers worldwide defied predictions by finalising not just one vaccine in record time, but half a dozen.
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The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the UK variant appearing in dozens of countries, has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say.
Here s a rundown on how the vaccination story is unfolding:
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Dr. Christian Chidiac gets a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in La Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, central France, Wednesday Jan. 6, 2021 (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
PARIS, France (AFP) The spread of more infectious coronavirus strains in Britain and South Africa, with isolated cases of the UK variant appearing in dozens of countries, has made inoculating a maximum number of people as quickly as possible more urgent than ever, experts say.
Here’s a rundown on how the vaccination story is unfolding:
How many vaccines?
Drugmakers worldwide defied predictions by finalizing not just one vaccine in record time, but half a dozen.
“To have multiple vaccines authorized before the end of 2020 is truly remarkable,” said Richard Hatchett, CEO of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
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COVID-19 pandemic swept through the Americas in 2020 30 Dec 2020
PAHO helps countries cope as more than 35 million people are infected and 850,000 die.
Washington, D.C., December 30, 2020 (PAHO) The COVID-19 pandemic swept through every country in the Americas in 2020, infecting more than 35 million people and causing some 850,000 deaths. Globally, COVID-19 affected 216 countries and territories, causing more than 80 million cases and 1.7 million deaths worldwide. The Americas was the most affected continent in a context of large inequities.
Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne called it “the most extraordinary public health event of our lifetimes,” and said the work to control the pandemic in 2021 “won’t be easy or quick.”
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