As developed countries scramble to order new coronavirus vaccines under research, other countries and public health rights organizations are beginning to worry about whether rich countries will monopolize vaccine supply and make people in other countries”stand behind” when they queue up for vaccination?
This has aroused concerns among other countries and public health rights organizations:wealthy countries are monopolizing vaccine supply, allowing people in poorer countries to step aside when vaccinating.
The global new crown vaccine research and development is in the final sprint stage. Many wealthy developed countries have begun to figure out how to use the vaccine as soon as possible. Relying on the advantages of economic development and close contact with international pharmaceutical giants, many developed countries have recently succeeded in obtaining vaccines in advance. Procurement qualifications.
This is a once-in-a-hundred-year health crisis. There are still many questions that have not been answered. Most people in the world are still susceptible. Even countries that have experienced severe epidemics have begun secondary outbreaks, and some countries that are less affected by the epidemic are also starting now. There are more deaths and confirmed cases.
The global epidemic continues to spread. As of August 2, Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States has exceeded 4.75 million, with a total of 150,000 deaths.
The real-time statistics of Johns Hopkins University in the United States on the 2nd showed that the total number of confirmed cases worldwide has reached nearly 17.86 million, and the death toll has exceeded 685,000.
According to Observer.com, Kyodo News reported on July 31, local time that the Japanese government reached a basic agreement with the US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on the same day. After the new crown pneumonia vaccine research and development results are approved and approved, it will be planned for the first half of 2021. Japan provides 120 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on July 31 that, in recent times, so-called sources in some US government departments have frequently accused China of launching cyber attacks to steal US vaccine research and development technology and data, but They never showed any evidence.
According to the WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands on the 2nd, the US ambassador to the Netherlands Huxtra recently accepted an interview with the Dutch media”KongDai Daily”, slandering me for stealing the intellectual property rights of the new crown vaccine from other countries. Sternly refuted.
According to reports from US media such as”USA Today” on July 31, local time, the top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci and other important figures attended a hearing on the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the House of Representatives that day.