Impact of 80 million children unable to receive routine vaccination due to corona spread

Unable to get regular vaccination due to spread of corona infection Impact of 80 million children May 23, 5:52

WHO = World Health Organization and UNICEF = United Nations Children's Fund announced an estimate that the spread of the new coronavirus could affect 80 million children without regular vaccinations, and the spread of the virus spread Against this background, he said that it is necessary to prevent other diseases from occurring.

WHO's Executive Secretary Tedross held a regular press conference at his headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on the 22nd, and due to the spread of the new coronavirus, regular vaccinations were not possible in at least 68 countries, and children under 1 year old He said it would affect 80 million people.

He also expressed strong concern that "the inability of children to be vaccinated is life threatening."

UNICEF Executive Director Fore also attended the meeting in a videoconference format, saying that many children, especially those who were not vaccinated against measles and polio, were greatly affected.

The reasons for this include that vaccinations given at regular intervals have been discontinued, that medical facilities are under pressure to deal with the virus, and that parents are afraid that they will be infected with the new coronavirus. It has been pointed out that it can be cited as refraining from vaccination of.

"Forensics should be tracked for children who have not been vaccinated, and efforts should be made to ensure that they can be vaccinated," said Fore, and it is necessary to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and other diseases. I complained that there was.

WHO "South America is the new center of infection"

At the news conference yesterday, Mr. Ryan, who is in charge of crisis response at WHO = World Health Organization, said, "South America has become a new center of infection with the new coronavirus."

He added, "In many countries in South America, the number of people infected is increasing and concerns are growing, but at this point Brazil is the most affected."

In Brazil, the infection has spread rapidly in areas where many poor people live.According to the statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States at 3:00 am on the 23rd, the number of people was the third highest in the world (31,873). Infection has been confirmed.