But the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were developed at breakneck speed in less than a year to become the fastest ever in human history.
Manufacturing an mRNA vaccine rather than a protein vaccine can save months, if not years, health experts say. COVID-19, the potentially dangerous pneumonia-like disease caused by the coronavirus and said to have emanated from a local Wuhan market to spread to over 200 countries, have infected more than 90 million people worldwide, claiming nearly 2 million lives, according to data from worldometer.info.The swift development of the coronavirus vaccines has raised a worrying level of vaccine hesitancy, especially in many African countries, a global survey by the Conversation showed in late last October.
The UK and the U.S commenced vaccination almost the same day with the Pfizer vaccines and both countries have also approved a second vaccine made by Moderna. While U.K. was the first to start, Israel is leading the world in terms of vaccination rate, with nearly 20 people in every hundred having received a dose, according to data compiled by Our World In Data, a research website affiliated with Oxford University.
Why should they lead the race when the fiasco has nothing to do with them? Those dying from tuberculosis r called covid & they believe they're part of the international community. When the West share money or get cheap loan Africa is never worthy. Now 'we're all in this together'
This is hilarious. Africa leading from behind. What a caption! The fact is that we are waiting upon other advanced countries of the world to come to our rescue.
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