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Three inoculation assumptions for this year By Swee Kheng Khor | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-03-15 00:00 Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is one of humankind s most critical non-wartime efforts ever. Many countries have developed ambitious, politically sensitive and carefully sequenced vaccination plans, but executing them successfully will be a challenge. To succeed, policymakers should include three realistic assumptions into their vaccination planning for 2021 and beyond. First, delays are inevitable. More than two months after the world s first COVID-19 vaccine injection on Dec 8, 2020, hopes of a rapid rollout are fading in many countries. Production hold-ups have prompted the European Union to threaten legal action and impose export restrictions. Yet there are several reasons to expect further delays.
By Swee Kheng Khor | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-15 07:20 Share CLOSE A woman receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tunis, Tunisia on March 13, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is one of humankind s most critical non-wartime efforts ever. Many countries have developed ambitious, politically sensitive and carefully sequenced vaccination plans, but executing them successfully will be a challenge. To succeed, policymakers should include three realistic assumptions into their vaccination planning for 2021 and beyond.
First, delays are inevitable. More than two months after the world s first COVID-19 vaccine injection on Dec 8, 2020, hopes of a rapid rollout are fading in many countries. Production hold-ups have prompted the European Union to threaten legal action and impose export restrictions. Yet there are several reasons to expect further delays.
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Three vaccine assumptions for 2021
Feb 24,2021 - Last updated at Feb 24,2021
KUALA LUMPUR Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is one of mankind’s most critical non-wartime efforts ever. Many countries have developed ambitious, politically sensitive, and carefully sequenced vaccination plans, but executing them successfully will be a challenge. To succeed, policymakers should build three realistic assumptions into their vaccination planning for 2021 and beyond.
First, delays are inevitable. More than two months after the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine injection on December 8, 2020, hopes of a rapid rollout are fading in many countries. Production holdups have triggered European Union threats of legal action and export restrictions. And there are several reasons to expect further delays.