Disruption to global immunization system could delay COVID-19 vaccinations

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Massive disruptions to global immunisation programmes from the COVID-19 pandemic have health experts fearful that much of the developing world will not be able to get a vaccine for the new coronavirus, even once one is ready.

A nurse fills a syringe with a vaccine before administering an injection at a children’s clinic in Kiev. (REUTERS / MANILA BULLETIN

If these continue to disrupt programmes, GAVI chief executive Seth Berkley said, much of the world may also be unprepared to administer vaccines against COVID-19 being developed by more than 100 projects worldwide. London is hosting a virtual Global Vaccines Summit on June 4 where GAVI is seeking $7.4 billion for 2021-2025 to immunise an additional 300 million children.

“South America has become a new epicentre of the disease,” said Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies expert.

 

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