New York, June 14 (Ians) Better access to vaccines could have prevented more than 50 per cent of Covid-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, scientists contend in a new study.
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, showed that an estimated 518,000 deaths could have been averted if the 20 countries in the study, including Kenya, Afghanistan and Bolivia, had the same access to vaccines as the US.
Delayed vaccination campaigns also meant that some of the countries extended “non-pharmaceutical interventions” such as school, restaurant and business closures for longer periods of time than higher income countries, said Professor Alessandro Vespignani at Northeastern University in the US.
The estimation that “thousands and thousands” of lives were lost to vaccine inequity was a “punch in the stomach”, Vespignani said.
In the study, a team of scientists used a computational epidemic model to estimate how many deaths would have been averted in the 20 countries, if...
The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, showed that an estimated 518,000 deaths could have been averted if the 20 countries in the study, including Kenya, Afghanistan and Bolivia, had the same access to vaccines as the US.
Delayed vaccination campaigns also meant that some of the countries extended “non-pharmaceutical interventions” such as school, restaurant and business closures for longer periods of time than higher income countries, said Professor Alessandro Vespignani at Northeastern University in the US.
The estimation that “thousands and thousands” of lives were lost to vaccine inequity was a “punch in the stomach”, Vespignani said.
In the study, a team of scientists used a computational epidemic model to estimate how many deaths would have been averted in the 20 countries, if...
- 6/14/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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