Report Says The Rapid Spread Of Covid-19 Mutant Variants Means ‘No One Is Safe’ And The Pandemic Could Last Until 2024
COVID mutant variants spawning from out of control outbreaks like in India and Brazil mean "no one is safe" unless vaccine rollouts are widened, it has been warned.
The People's Vaccine Alliance (PVA) - a global coalition of 50 organizations - told The Sun Online about the critical danger the new strains pose if more support isn't given to help vaccinate people worldwide.
It warned under current estimations many developing countries will not hit the necessary levels of vaccination to end the pandemic until 2024.
With a connected world, any new outbreaks or variants could spread to countries which have already vaccinated - and the new mutations may be able to dodge the antibodies given by the jabs.
"This failure puts us all at risk," Anna Marriott, health policy manager at Oxfam, told The Sun Online.
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WNU Editor: It is very concerning that even the most vaccinated countries in the world cannot stem the spread of this coronavirus .... World’s Most Vaccinated Nation Activates Curbs as Cases Rise (Bloomberg), and the infection rate is increasing .... More people diagnosed with COVID-19 in past 2 weeks than in first 6 months of pandemic, WHO says (Daily News).
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