Even a year after the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine to prevent corona infection, even half the population of many countries has not been vaccinated. Due to limited resources and inequalities in vaccine distribution, vaccination is not happening fast enough in poor and small countries. Only four percent of the population in Nigeria has been fully immunized. In such a situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the risk of new variants coming from this remains.
According to Our World in Data Site, 85.8 percent of the population in China has been fully vaccinated. Whereas 65.4 percent in America, 58.8 percent in India, 55.6 percent of the population in Indonesia have been fully vaccinated. Apart from this, 45.2 percent of the population in Pakistan has been vaccinated. In Nigeria, only 4.3 percent of the population has been fully immunized.
64 percent of the world’s population has received one dose- According to our World in Data site, 64 percent of the world’s population has received a single dose of the corona vaccine. Worldwide 11 billion doses have been administered to people and now 16.69 million doses are being administered every day. Only 14.4% of people in low-income countries have at least one dose.
China’s vaccine diplomacy suffered a setback- China’s effort to establish itself as a responsible country in the world by supplying corona vaccines to various countries in the midst of the pandemic has suffered a setback. Its vaccines are less effective than those supplied by other countries, including the US and India. That’s why this has happened. Due to this, according to UNICEF, China’s monthly vaccine exports fell by 50 percent during November-December 2021.
Corona cases increasing again in these countries including China COVID-19 cases have increased worldwide – particularly in Southeast Asia, where China, South Korea and Hong Kong have all reported worrying numbers. Cases have also increased in Europe. WHO has given three reasons for this. Accordingly, the sub-variant BA.2 of the Omicron variant has surfaced. Experts believe that this may be the reason for the increasing cases in China.
Why are the cases increasing? The WHO has said that it is still too early to draw conclusions about Ba.2, which does not cause more severe symptoms like its parent variant. Apart from this, the relaxation of restrictions and public health measures by the global health body is also one of the reasons. Apart from this, spreading misinformation about vaccine and infection is also a reason. The WHO said that the reports claiming the epidemic ended after Omicron are also a problem.