[Epoch Times June 23, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Lin Yan compiled a report) Several countries that rely on Chinese vaccines have failed to obtain the expected relief and instead are facing new outbreak challenges.
More than 90 countries around the world use the Chinese-made virus (new crown virus, COVID-19) vaccine. Experts say that the recent rebound of the epidemic in these countries should serve as a warning for the global fight against the disease.
Mongolia promised to let the people of the country spend a summer without COVID; Bahrain said that the people will return to normal life; the small island nation of Seychelles plans to restart the economy. However, these three countries are all using Chinese-made vaccines, but instead of gaining freedom from the epidemic, they are fighting a surge in infection rates.
The New York Times reported that the examples of these countries now show that China-made vaccines may not be very effective in preventing the spread of the virus, especially in dealing with new variants of the virus.
China launched vaccine diplomacy last year, promising to provide a safe and effective vaccine to prevent severe COVID-19Case. However, how effective the vaccine will be in curbing the spread has always been a matter of concern and uncertainty.
According to the data tracking project “Our World in Data”, Seychelles, Chile, Bahrain and Mongolia already have50%to68%The total population is fully vaccinated, and these proportions exceed those of the United States.As of last week, these four countries are all in front of the worst outbreak of COVID-19.10All four countries mainly use vaccines produced by two Chinese vaccine manufacturers-Sinopharm Group and Kexing Biological.
The vaccination rate in Israel ranks second in the world, second only to Seychelles.But it uses Pfizer’s vaccine, and the average number of new confirmed cases per million people per day is about4.95people.But Seychelles, which mainly administers Chinese-made vaccines, has an average number of new cases per million people per day.716Example.
Jin Dongyan (transliteration), a virologist at the University of Hong Kong, told New Times:“If the vaccine is good enough, we should not see this. Chinese companies have a responsibility to provide remedies.”
Scientists do not know exactly why some countries with relatively high vaccination rates are experiencing new outbreaks. They believe that the types of vaccines, virus variants, rapid relaxation of social control, and only one dose of some people are all possible reasons.
Beijing sees vaccine diplomacy as an opportunity that is expected to shape it into an influential global power in this pandemic. The top leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, promised to provide a Chinese vaccine that can be easily stored and transported to millions of people around the world.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Communist Party of China said in a recent statement that there is no connection between the recent epidemic and the vaccine produced in China.
As we all know, no vaccine can completely prevent the spread of the virus. People may still be infected even after vaccination. However, the relatively low efficiency of vaccination made in China has been determined to be a possible cause of the recent outbreak.
New Times said that American-made Pfizer/BioNTech andModernThe vaccine is more effective than90%, Other vaccines——Including AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson——The effectiveness rate is about70%.The vaccine effective rate of China National Pharmaceutical Group78.1%; The effective rate of Kexing vaccine51%。
William, medical director of the National Infectious Disease Foundation at Vanderbilt University·Schaffner (William Schaffner) Said that China’s vaccine efficiency is too low, even in highly vaccinated people will spread, and produce a large number of diseases.
Despite the surge in cases, officials in Seychelles and Mongolia have defended the Chinese vaccine, saying that it can effectively prevent severe cases of the disease; and believe that the country’s reopening is too fast, and many people have only given one dose. The epidemic has soared.
Professor Nicholas, School of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Australia·Petrovsky (Nikolai Petrovsky) Said that, based on all the current evidence, there are reasons to believe that the Sinopharm vaccine has little effect in curbing the spread.
He said that one of the main risks of vaccination in China is that the vaccinated person may have few or no symptoms, but he/she can still spread the virus to other people.
“I think most decision makers around the world are unaware of this complexSex. “Petrovsky said.
Indonesia has recently350Several medical staff have confirmed the diagnosis, although they have been fully vaccinated with Koxing vaccine.in2Month to6month7During the date, Indonesia has61Doctors died, of which10People have been vaccinated with vaccines made in China.
Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were the first two countries to approve the national medicine vaccine, even before the release of late-stage clinical trial data. But last month, officials in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates announced that they will provide a third intensive injection option-the US Pfizer vaccine or more doses of the national medicine vaccine.
The New Times report predicted that China and those receiving Chinese vaccines90Many countries have to fight some lockdowns, tests, and restrictions on daily life in the coming months or years, and the economy may continue to be hampered by the epidemic. Moreover, as more and more countries question the effectiveness of vaccines produced in China, it may be more difficult to convince people who have not been vaccinated to queue up for injections.
“After the experience of these countries exposed the pandemic, the world is facing a cruel reality-the degree of recovery may depend on what kind of vaccine the government provides to the people.” The report reads.
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