Published On Apr 24, 2021
Global cases
Global vaccine supply
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...
US, Defense Production Act
Adar Poonawalla, head of India’s Serum Institute
if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf of the vaccine industry outside the U.S.,
I humbly request you to lift the embargo of raw material exports out of the U.S. so that vaccine production can ramp up
Your administration has the details
United States and other Western countries
Rapidly boost global vaccine supplies?
Temporarily suspending pharmaceutical intellectual property rights
Poorer countries to produce their own versions of trademarked vaccines, e.g. Pfizer or Moderna
World Trade Organization proposal, March
Asked for waiver patent protections for coronavirus vaccines
Blocked by United States, Britain and members of the European Union
China and Russia have focused on bilateral vaccine diplomacy
Namibia
Population 2.5 million people
128 people have received two doses
President Alejandro Giammattei, Guatemala
Covax had failed his country and Latin America at large
Received 81,000 of 3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine it purchased through Covax
The Covax system has been a failure
A small group of countries have all the vaccines and a large number do not have any access
India
B.1.617
Cases, + 346,786 new cases overnight into Saturday
Deaths + 2,263 + 2,624
Patients dying because of a shortage of oxygen
Jaipur Golden Hospital in Delhi
20 people died overnight because of a lack of oxygen
Government deploying trains and the air force
Black market in oxygen and medicines
Hoarding and panic buying
Israel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-midd...
Daily deaths, 0
First time in 10 months
Both doses, 53%
Eyal Leshem, Sheba Medical Center
Country may be close to reaching herd immunity
There is a continuous decline despite returning to near normalcy
Turkey
https://covid19asi.saglik.gov.tr/?_Dil=2
Loosening of restrictions early March
Average age, 32
Government's official data, very conservative
President Erdoğan, recent investments in health services
Private hospitals also recent increase in capacity
Still nearing capacity
Less trained staff compared to western countries
ICUs reported at 70%
Positivity ratio 18%
7pm-to-5am curfews
Full day curfews at the weekends and national holidays
(Curfews not fully followed)
Move to online working
Factories and construction both working
Currently good social distancing and mask wearing
Non curfew days, shopping malls open
Funerals, large numbers attend
Smoking banned on busy streets, but lots of smoking
Vaccinations
Sinovac and Pfizer
Russian Sputnik V soon
2 dose vaccine approach
Over-65s largely vaccinated
Now, over 55s and those with health conditions
October, should be rolled out to all over 18 years
Schools closed, except preschools and grade 8
Health minister, situation is improving
Germany
Nationwide "emergency brake" probably coming in days
Whenever infections in a district exceeds 100 per 100,000 for 3 days in a row, within 7 days
Amendments to the Infection Protection Act must then pass the Bundesrat
Planned to last until the end of June