WHO says it has implemented 2 billion doses of new crown vaccine contract

　　Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, January 8th (Reporter Liu Qu) The World Health Organization announced on the 8th that its COVAX global new crown vaccine plan (new crown pneumonia vaccine implementation plan) has implemented a contract for 2 billion doses of vaccine and will be distributed immediately after the vaccine is delivered. To the participating economies.

The WHO also called on vaccine manufacturers to give priority to the plan and to achieve a fair distribution of vaccines around the world.

　　WHO Director-General Tan Desai said at the press conference that day that with the implementation of the 2 billion doses of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine contract, plus the right of first refusal for another 1 billion doses of vaccine, in terms of large-scale deployment of vaccines, "We are ready; COVAX is ready; all countries are ready."

　　Tan Desai also pointed out that the fair distribution of the new crown vaccine between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries is becoming a major challenge.

Currently, 42 countries are promoting the new crown vaccine, of which 36 are high-income countries, and the remaining 6 are middle-income countries.

However, low-income countries and most middle-income countries have not yet started vaccination.

　　Tan Desai once again emphasized: "'vaccine nationalism' will harm all of us, and at the same time will make people eat their own fruits."

　　He called on vaccine manufacturers to give priority to the supply and launch of vaccines through the global new crown vaccine plan, and urged countries that have ordered more vaccines than they need and control global vaccine supply to immediately donate or distribute vaccines to the plan.

　　At the press conference, many WHO experts also emphasized that countries are still in the early stages of batch vaccination. The main purpose is to protect and save the lives of priority vaccinations through vaccines. It cannot be said that vaccines will play a role in curbing the spread of the epidemic. What does it do.

While waiting for vaccination, the public still needs to take a series of self-protection measures.