{"id":29264,"date":"2021-02-26T11:26:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-na.com\/?p=29264"},"modified":"2021-03-01T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:36:25","slug":"monitoring-global-progress-on-the-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/servidor-mxigen1.com\/ceona-antiguo\/opinion\/monitoring-global-progress-on-the-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring global progress on the COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World Economic Forum has created a visualization tracking country-by-country progress made on vaccination to date.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Countries around the world are racing to vaccinate their populations against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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In order to reach\u00a0herd immunity<\/a>, it\u2019s estimated that at least 60% of a population (and as much as 90%) must become immune thanks either to prior infection or vaccination. But as of\u00a010 February<\/a>\u00a0nearly 130 countries, with a collective population of 2.5 billion, had yet to administer a single vaccine dose.<\/p>\n

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While some\u00a010 different<\/a>\u00a0COVID-19 vaccines have been approved or authorized for emergency or limited use, the practical business of administering jabs has been hindered by\u00a0staffing<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0supply<\/a>\u00a0shortages, procurement\u00a0hiccups<\/a>, and\u00a0geopolitics<\/a>. Concerns have also been raised about equitable access for\u00a0poorer countries<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0historically-marginalized<\/a>\u00a0communities.<\/p>\n

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But there have also been positive signs, including Israel\u2019s relatively\u00a0swift rollout<\/a>, an upwardly revised daily vaccination\u00a0target<\/a>\u00a0in the US, and India\u2019s distribution of\u00a0free doses<\/a>\u00a0to countries including Myanmar and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

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The Forum has created a\u00a0visualization<\/a>\u00a0tracking the progress made to date on vaccination against COVID-19, on a country-by-country basis.<\/p>\n

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While that presents a good illustration of initial progress, it\u2019s a somewhat limited view of the number of people fully vaccinated \u2013 given that\u00a0many vaccines<\/a>\u00a0require more than one dose, and the\u00a0interval<\/a>\u00a0between them can be nearly a month.<\/p>\n

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The Convidecia vaccine developed in China may just require just\u00a0one dose<\/a>, for example, but the Pfizer-BioNTech version already approved for use in several countries and the\u00a0Sputnik V<\/a>\u00a0vaccine developed in Russia are among those that call for two.<\/p>\n

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The discovery of new, potentially\u00a0more deadly<\/a>\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0mutations<\/a>\u00a0has added a sense of urgency to efforts to\u00a0contain<\/a>\u00a0the pandemic \u2013 while prompting the exploration of ways to\u00a0redesign<\/a>\u00a0existing vaccines.<\/p>\n

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For more context, here are links to further reading from\u00a0the World Economic Forum\u2019s Strategic Intelligence platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By Andrew Berkley & John Letzing<\/p>\n

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