Covid-19 Vaccine Gives Us Hope

 

                 Today marks the start of the World Immunization Week. The COVID-19 pandemic, while draws the world’s attention to the vaccine, also reminds us of the importance of immunization, which saves millions of lives each year. Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic back in March 2020, the virus has claimed more than 2.5 million lives globally with upwards of 113 million cases being confirmed by laboratory tests (March 2021).

                 The pandemic has had an influence on practically every aspect of life, forcing global economies to stop, altering how we work and interact with our loved ones, and pushing healthcare systems to their breaking point. To stop the virus from spreading, governments all around the world have been compelled to impose severe limitations on human activities. COVID-19 vaccination is now offering a way to transition out of this phase of the pandemic. Without them, many scientists believe that natural herd immunity would not have been sufficient to restore society to its normal status quo and that it would have resulted in extreme fatality.

               While the current vaccines have proven to be highly effective against the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain that has caused the pandemic, recent data has highlighted the emergence of several mutational strains. There has been uncertainty as to whether the current vaccines will protect against these variants.

Source : https://www.news-medical.net/health/The-Importance-of-Global-COVID-19-Vaccination.aspx

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