Pandemic 2 years WHO "Vaccine distribution inequality prolongs the epidemic"

It has been two years since the WHO = World Health Organization recognized that the spread of the new coronavirus had become a pandemic = a global epidemic.

While the third vaccination is progressing mainly in developed countries, many people in developing countries have not been vaccinated even once, and WHO experts have closed the vaccine gap to prepare for the emergence of new mutant viruses. It is said that efforts should be strengthened as soon as possible.

It has been two years since WHO recognized in March that the spread of the new coronavirus had become a pandemic.

The number of infected people in the world has decreased after peaking in late January, with more than 1,500,000 confirmed infections in the last week and 52,000 deaths in the last week, decreasing since the beginning of last month. I am.

On the other hand, regarding the distribution of the new corona vaccine, while the third vaccination is progressing mainly in developed countries, 36% of people in the world have not been vaccinated even once, mainly in developing countries, and 84% in Africa. It is also climbing.

The United Nations has warned that "if the virus is allowed to spread in developing countries, new mutations that the vaccine will not work will eventually appear, ruining vaccination efforts in developed countries." However, the problem still remains.

WHO "Inequality prolongs the pandemic"

Two years after the World Health Organization recognized that the spread of the new coronavirus had become a pandemic, Maria Bankerkov, who is in charge of countermeasures at WHO, responded to an interview with NHK. I did.

Among them, Mr. Bankerkov said that the number of newly confirmed infected people and deaths in the world is decreasing. There are a lot of people. Every week, 50,000 to 70,000 people die, which is an incredibly large number. "

On top of that, while the third vaccination is progressing mainly in developed countries, there are many people in developing countries who have not been vaccinated even once. "It is a science that we were able to develop multiple safe and effective new corona vaccines. Victory, but not being able to distribute fairly is a moral failure. Vaccine distribution inequality is prolonging the pandemic, and this is what we must do to eliminate the inequality. " He argued that it was necessary to accelerate the fair distribution of.