While the Govt-19 vaccine is accelerating growth, the Philippines has devised an immunization program. Below, officials say: It will take two to five years for the population to have enough to control the virus.
This is the forecast for reaching the target of 60 million to more than 70 million of the country’s approximately 110 million people, they say, using a patchwork of vaccines from different suppliers. So far the Philippines has only made one vaccine deal, which is enough for 1.3 million people for 2.6 million shots.
The early map of Manila is a true test for those expecting a quick vaccine-driven end to the epidemic and renaissance of global trade and travel. While some countries will be able to capture the bulk of their population by 2021, some developing countries may be years away from protecting more than just high-risk populations.
That means the virus will continue to spread to different corners of the map and kill lives. Some global health professionals are worried about the future, in which the corona virus will lurk in such places that it will become a local disease and make the current vaccine less effective.
“There is no point in having products that do not reach the majority of the world’s population,” said Samia Swaminathan, chief scientist at the World Health Organization. He cited the hepatitis B vaccine, which reached low- and middle-income countries 30 years after it was introduced in rich countries.