Rollout of vaccinations for Covid virus across the globe
Covid 19 pandemic which started in late 2019 has destroyed the health and safety of humanity across the globe. Governments, the vaccine industry and researchers are committed towards the global efforts to care for the people affected by the virus, develop means to stop future outbreaks and contain the existing outbreak. The world’s biggest vaccination campaign has begun worldwide; about 104 million doses have been administered across 66 countries.
The vaccination will be carried on with phases where Phase 1b-frontline workers and citizens aged 75 years and older will be vaccinated and Phase 1c-People who are aged about 65-74 years and about 16 -64 years will be vaccinated. A US manufacturer Pfizer and BioNTech a German biotechnology company was the first to release late-stage trial data on 18th November 2020.The United Kingdom chose to be the first country to take the shot for emergency use of the vaccine from BioNTech-Pfizer and began to administer the dose on December 8, 2020.Canada on December 9th 2020 approved of vaccinations and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 11th 2020.
About 22.4 million shots have been administered among the healthcare workers in the US by 14thDecember 2020. Ever since the vaccines have been approved about 32.9 million people in the US have received at one dose each and 9.8 million people have been fully vaccinated with two shots. The new President Joe Biden has announced a goal of administering 1.5 million doses of coronavirus vaccine each day. In the first week of February the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that about 1.49 million shots have been administered each day. The Biden administration also announced that as a part of bringing equity they will begin the distribution of vaccines to clinics in underserved areas.
European Union started its vaccine campaign on December 27th 2020 and it’s due to receive 12.5 million doses to cover 450 million people across 27 of its member states over the year 2021. The administration of the vaccine varies from country to country and state to state. Each of them with their own strategy targeting the healthcare workers and citizens aged above 65 years get vaccinated first.
In continuation to the global effort to curb Covid 19 pandemic on 3rd February 2021 the WHO Global Ambassador said that an immediate action needs to be taken to tackle noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and an urgent need for stronger public health policies. The NCDs have accounted for over 74% of deaths globally and worsened the situation of the covid 19 patients. The pandemic has emphasized the danger of NCDs such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer and respiratory diseases.
Researchers and scientists are still working to ensure that the best vaccine has been administered to humankind however vaccines alone will not completely stop the spread of the virus.
New Mutation of Virus in 2021
In the summer of 2021 majority of countries started allowing international visitors to enter their country believing that covid19 pandemic was behind us. Unfortunately the Delta variant seemed to belie this belief as it has become the dominant variant across several countries. The CDC in fact believe the Delta variant to be the most contagious variant and may even partially evade the antibodies made by the immune system after a Covid19 infection or vaccination. Early study specifies that the Delta variant mainly targets the younger people and even vaccinated people in large numbers. After a steady decline in the number of cases, the Delta variant has resulted in an increase in cases in the US especially in areas where the vaccination rates are low. The Delta variant has swept across the globe impacting several countries including the US, the UK, France, Russia, Israel, Germany, Portugal, Italy, India, Indonesia, Ireland and Denmark.
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