Poor countries cannot get the new crown vaccine, but the UK hoards 210 million doses?

Poor countries cannot get the new crown vaccine, but the UK "hoards" 210 million doses?

　　 Chinanews, August 11th. According to a comprehensive report, research shows that by the end of 2021, the United Kingdom will "hoard" 210 million doses of spare new crown vaccine, far exceeding the approximately 95 million doses it currently needs. As the UK refuses to give up vaccine patents, the government is under increasing pressure to take more measures to help poor countries get vaccines.

Data map: On March 10th, local time, outside the vaccination center in Westminster Abbey, London, UK, staff were receiving people who came to vaccinate.

　　 Data from the life science analysis company Airfinity shows that the UK has ordered approximately 467 million doses of vaccines, of which 306 million doses will be delivered within 2021. However, the UK currently only needs 95 million doses of vaccine to vaccinate all people over the age of 16, and it also has enough vaccine to vaccinate vulnerable groups in the fall.

　　 reported that if eligible people receive all the doses provided this year, the UK will have 210 million doses of vaccine left. Even if the vaccine adoption rate is 100%, this number will reach 186 million.

　　 The rights organization "Global Justice Today" pointed out that the remaining vaccines can be used to vaccinate about 210 million people in the 10 countries with the lowest vaccination rates in the world. According to data from the University of Oxford, only 0.1% of the population in Benin, which has the highest vaccination rate among the 10 countries, has been vaccinated.

　　Foreign media pointed out that only 60% to 70% of the world’s population can be vaccinated to achieve “global immunity”, while rich countries such as the United Kingdom are hoarding vaccines while refusing to give up vaccine patents, making this vision a reality in the foreseeable future.

　　 The World Health Organization (WHO) last week called on rich countries to suspend vaccination boosters and to vaccinate 10% of the world’s population by the end of September, but the UK still insists on giving the third dose from next month.

　　 The World Trade Organization has previously discussed a proposal that hopes that countries will temporarily abandon the intellectual property rights of the new crown vaccine so that low- and middle-income countries can produce vaccines on their own, but this proposal was rejected by the British government. Chakrabarty, the former shadow attorney general of the Labor Party, said that Britain and other rich countries are responsible for saving lives in the southern hemisphere, but officials have "closed all channels in low- and middle-income countries."

穷国打不上新冠疫苗，英国却“囤积”2.1亿剂？

　　中新网8月11日电 综合报道，研究显示，到了2021年底，英国将“囤积”2.1亿剂备用新冠疫苗，远超它目前所需的约9500万剂。由于英国拒绝放弃疫苗专利，政府正承担越来越大的压力要采取更多措施，以帮助穷国得到疫苗。

资料图：当地时间3月10日，英国伦敦威斯敏斯特大教堂的疫苗接种中心外，工作人员在接待前来接种的民众。

　　生命科学分析公司Airfinity的数据显示，英国已订购大约4.67亿剂的疫苗，其中3.06亿剂将在2021年内交付。然而，英国目前只需要9500万剂疫苗来为所有16岁以上者接种，它也有足够疫苗可在秋天为脆弱群体接种追加剂。

　　报道称，如果符合条件者接受今年提供的所有剂量，英国将余下2.1亿剂的疫苗。即使疫苗的采用率为100%，这个数字也达1.86亿。

　　权益组织“当今全球正义”指出，剩余的疫苗能供全球接种率最低的10个国家的约2.1亿人接种。牛津大学的数据显示，10国中接种率最高的贝宁，也只有0.1%的人口接种了疫苗。

　　外媒指出，只有全世界60%至70%人口接种疫苗后，才能达到“全球免疫”，而英国等富国一边囤积疫苗，一边拒绝放弃疫苗专利，令这一愿景的实现遥遥无期。

　　世界卫生组织（WHO）上周呼吁富国暂停接种加强剂，并在9月底前先为全球各地10%人口接种，但英国仍坚持从下个月起施打第3针。

　　世界贸易组织此前曾讨论过一项提案，希望各国暂时放弃新冠疫苗的知识产权，以令中低收入国家可自行生产疫苗，但这一提议遭到英国政府拒绝。前工党影子总检察长查克拉巴蒂表示，英国和其他富国有责任挽救南半球人民的生命，但官员们“关闭了中低收入国家的所有渠道”。