Inequality in vaccine access

Brunei health minister says that new variant no cause for alarm as only 10 new Covid-19 cases reported in country

It remains to be seen how effective the existing vaccines will be in providing protection against the fast-mutating virus. The new variant has struck at a time when scientists had made significant progress in developing vaccines that could treat the infection as we know it. In the case of the new strain, there are concerns that Omicron could evade antibodies.

According to the Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, jointly run by UNDP, WHO and Oxford University, only 3.07% of people living in the low-income countries have been vaccinated with at least one dose, compared to 60.18% residing in high-income countries. The vaccination rate in the UK of those who have received at least one vaccine is around 71% while in the US it is about 65%.

Not surprisingly, South Africa has reacted strongly to the travel ban and has said that the West was discriminating against a “region that has already been set back by vaccine shortages caused by rich nations hoarding doses”. Despite the strict travel restrictions, many cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in several European countries by now.

The inequitable distribution of and a few countries’ monopoly over the Covid-19 vaccines have been major reasons for the relentless spread of the virus. The supply of vaccines to less developed and non-vaccine-producing countries may have improved in recent months but the gap is still very wide. Statistics show that there is very little change in the situation with poorer nations falling far behind in vaccinating their citizens.

Well, all one has to see if Pfizer and the pharmaceuticals who made a lot of money with the vaccines. Now with the subscription plan, it's like secured revenue. The billionaires shouldn't have been peacocking by sending themselves to space but instead used that money for vaccines

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