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The latest development is another step in the WHO s charge to ensure safe and equitable access to diagnostic and treatment resources to all countries regardless of their socio-economic profiles. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered to a 67-year old man at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida. | Photo Credit: AP
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Although vaccine developers are working tirelessly to ramp up manufacturing and distribution of vaccines, there is a consensus that the early months of the global immunisation rollout will see demand far outstrip supply
COVAX has since announced that it has supply agreements in place with several vaccine manufacturers to provide almost 2 billion doses that it expects to deliver within the year
This has been a devastating year. More than 1.6 million people have died in the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 75 million cases and tens of trillions of dollars in economic damages. Millions of people are out of work and struggling to pay their bills, and more than a billion children are missing out on crucial time in school. In the U.S., this year also saw the horrifying killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, ruinous wildfires, and a presidential election unlike any other in modern times.
But there is good news coming in 2021.
I spent most of my time this year working with colleagues at the foundation and around the world on ways to test for, treat, and prevent COVID-19. When I think back on the pace of scientific advances in 2020, I am stunned. Humans have never made more progress on any disease in a year than the world did on COVID-19 this year. Under normal circumstances, creating a vaccine can take 10 years. This time, multiple vaccines were created in less than one y
We Don t Know Why COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Are Not High In Africa Bill Gates
According to Gates, it is possible that the figures provided are not real due to the gaps in health care systems in Africa.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 27, 2020
Co-founder of Microsoft Foundation, Bill Gates, has said he does not know why COVID-19 cases and deaths in Africa are low as against the figures obtainable in developed countries.
According to Gates, it is possible that the figures provided are not real due to the gaps in health care systems in Africa.
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He said, It is also possible though I hope this is not the case that the true numbers are higher than they look because gaps in poor countries’ health care systems are making it hard to monitor the disease accurately.
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Back in 2015, Bill Gates largely predicted the pandemic. As a result, I ve followed his subsequent pronouncements and predictions with special care.
No, Gates isn t a perfect person, and he s not the single source of truth. But after he s dedicated so much time and money to combating the pandemic, I was eager to read his latest blog post, in which he revealed the breakthroughs that he thinks will make 2021 better than 2020.
You can decide for yourself, but I think he does a good job of wrapping up positive developments, and delivering them in a way that s hopeful without being Pollyanna-ish.
UNICEF launches the COVID-19 vaccine market dashboard
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NEW YORK / KATHMANDU, 21 December 2020 – As the designated COVAX procurement coordinator and procurement agent, UNICEF has launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Market Dashboard – an interactive tool for countries, partners and industry to follow the developments of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 vaccine market and the efforts of the COVAX Facility to ensure fair and equitable access for every country in the world.
In this first release, the dashboard provides a regularly updated overview of the global research and development pipeline, the projected production capacity, publicly announced bilateral and multilateral supply agreements, as well as reported price points.