Last year, the number of children who were vaccinated only in the world exceeded 22 million due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and WHO = World Health Organization and others are concerned that they may not be able to save their lives. Is shown.
According to the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of children who received the first vaccination in the world last year increased by 3 million from the previous year to more than 22 million.
This increase is the largest in the last 20 years.
WHO says that vaccinations such as polio are delayed in addition to scabies, and the background is that medical institutions are tightly responding to the new coronavirus and infection with the new coronavirus. It is pointed out that parents who were afraid of the virus refrained from taking their children to medical institutions for vaccination.
WHO and CDC are neglecting vaccination against other infectious diseases due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but if the traffic of people and goods increases again, the number of infected people such as measles may increase sharply. He has expressed concern that vaccination may not save lives that he should have been able to save.