The Biden administration set a goal of distributing 100 million vaccine doses in the first 100 days of the 78-year-old in the White House. As of today, the US is.
Arab Poll: The Pandemic Will Not End in 2021 Published February 8th, 2021 - 09:44 GMT
A doctor prepares to administer the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination center in the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, England. (AFP File Photo)
More than half of respondents who participated in Arab News Twitter poll believe the virus will not be contained this year.
A majority of 50.3 percent said the world will not see an end to the global pandemic in 2021. While 30.2 percent showed optimism and voted that the virus would be contained by this summer and 16.2 percent said by fall.
There are an estimated 105 million documented cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with 2.3 million confirmed deaths to date.
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February 6, 2021
LAHORE: Global funding for COVID-19 vaccine development has exceeded 10 times in less than a year the amount allocated for HIV and TB research and development in 11 years.
“A staggering amount of $103.8 billion has been thrust into COVID-19 vaccine development within a period of just 11 months of 2020 as compared to a paltry $9.5 billion ($8.5 billion for HIV and $1billion for TB) for HIV and TB research and vaccine development during 11-year period from 2009 to 2019,” according to the statistical data compiled by Treatment Action Group (TAG-USA).
“According to KENUP Foundation, the governments, to-date, spent at least $111.6 billion on COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics, 95 per cent of which went into coronavirus vaccine development alone. It betrays a whopping amount of $103.8 billion spent on COVID19 vaccine research and development alone,” says Mike Frick from TAG-USA quoting the latest statistics on R&D funding at a session titled “HIV &
RIYADH: More than half of respondents who participated in Arab News Twitter poll believe the virus will not be contained this year. A majority of 50.3 percent said the world will not see an end to the global pandemic in 2021. While 30.2 percent showed optimism and voted that the virus would be contained by this summer and 16.2 percent said by fall. There are an estimated 105 million documented cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with 2.3 million confirmed deaths to date. The new vaccine rollouts, however, have raised hopes of policy makers and industry leaders who told Reuters they were optimistic about seeing 2021 put the pandemic behind it, despite a resurgence in cases.