China News Service, September 6th. According to Singapore’s Lianhe Zaobao report on the 6th, the latest analysis shows that by the end of 2021, it is estimated that as many as 1.2 billion doses of the new crown vaccine will be left in the world’s wealthy countries. The pressure on income countries will increase.

　　According to London-based analysis company Airfinity, after vaccination is completed for about 80% of the population over 12 years old and the booster vaccination program is started, there will still be a large number of vaccines available for redistribution in the United States, the United Kingdom, and rich European countries.

Data map: On August 25, local time, Manhattan, New York, USA, a 110-foot Ferris wheel was built in Times Square, which will run from August 25 to September 12.

As one of the government's measures to encourage vaccination against the new crown, 100 tourists who have been vaccinated against the new crown will be allowed to ride the Ferris wheel for free every day.

　　Currently, about 500 million doses of vaccines in Western countries can be provided to other countries, some of which have been donated.

By the middle of 2022, the vaccine stocks in rich countries may increase to about 2.2 billion doses, of which Pfizer vaccine is estimated to account for 45%, and Modena vaccine accounts for about 25%.

　　An independent report earlier in 2021 pointed out that the number of vaccines purchased in some countries was even more than twice the actual requirement.

The report calls on high-income countries to provide more than 2 billion doses of vaccine to poorer areas by mid-2022.

　　The Group of Seven (G7) and the European Union previously promised to provide more than 1 billion doses of the new crown vaccine to poorer countries, but Airfinity found that less than 15% of the vaccine has been delivered so far.

　　Some experts believe that the slow progress of vaccine assistance may lead to a prolonged epidemic and increase the risk of stronger mutant strains.

Some activists also called on governments to increase transparency when reaching procurement agreements with vaccine manufacturers.

Former British Prime Minister Brown: Hoarding vaccines is a moral outrage

　　Former British Prime Minister Brown said on the 5th that the hoarding of new crown vaccines in rich countries is a "moral brutality."

He pointed out that the world is in a new race aiming to vaccinate people with the new crown vaccine as soon as possible, and Western countries are controlling the supply of vaccines.

Brown, now a special envoy of the United Nations, wrote in the British "Sunday Mirror": "It's time to end this moral atrocity. We must act now."

　　As the more infectious strains of delta variants continue to wreak havoc, some countries have launched or planned to launch booster vaccination.

However, both the World Health Organization and the European Union's health regulatory agencies have stated that there is no need for countries to rush the third dose of vaccine.

　　Airfinity CEO Hansen pointed out that rich countries often regard supplementary vaccination for citizens and foreign vaccination assistance as a problem of "choosing one of two", but "our data shows that this is the wrong dichotomy. You can use both. ".

　　Hansen said that the global new crown vaccine production is steadily increasing, and the supply chain is unlikely to be disrupted.

Its company predicts that by the end of 2021, the global production of new crown vaccine may exceed 12 billion doses, exceeding the approximately 11 billion doses needed to vaccinate the global population.

　　Hansen also pointed out that the uneven distribution of vaccines is not only a problem between the "high-income world and the low-income world", the world must also strengthen coordination and cooperation to facilitate countries that wish to resell and donate excess vaccines.