Corona vaccines are sold before they hit the market

Coronavirus infection is increasing day by day. The death row is long. The good news is that the long wait for a vaccine has come to an end in the midst of such a terrible epidemic. US President Donald Trump has also announced that Americans will be vaccinated in a few weeks.

But the biggest bad news is that a few rich countries, representing only 13 percent of the world's population, have bought more than half of the promised vaccines. The rest of the vaccine is for developing and underdeveloped countries. Analyzing the data of Airfinity, the information came up in a report of the charity Oxfam. AFP.

According to Oxfam on Thursday, the top five vaccine companies - Pfizer, Synovac, Moderna, AstraZeneca Gamalia or Sputnik - have a production capacity of 590 million doses. Of this, 5.5 billion doses have been contracted so far, of which 2.6 billion doses or 51 per cent of the total vaccines have been purchased by some developed countries. These countries include the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Switzerland and Israel.

The remaining 260 crore vaccines have been bought or booked by the developing countries. These include Bangladesh, India, China, Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico.

Analyzing the contracts of vaccine and medicine companies, which are currently in the final stages of the trial, Oxfam analysts say, ‘You should not rely on where you live or how much money you have to get the life-saving vaccine. It is important to produce and approve a safe and effective vaccine, as well as to ensure that the vaccine is readily available and at affordable prices where Kovid-19 is available.

Even if the coronavirus vaccine comes on the market, there is already concern about whether poor countries will get it easily. Many, including Bill Gates, were vocal about the right to tick. But according to Oxfam, there will be politics with vaccines, and rich countries will have a hard time getting vaccines and giving the affected people the vaccines they need, even if they don't need them.

Worryingly, Modern has received ৬ 2.7 billion from taxpayers' money. The idea was to make the vaccine available to everyone; But Oxfam has learned that the company has sold a portion of the vaccine to rich countries for profit.

Considering the situation, charities including Oxfam have called for free distribution of the corona vaccine as a 'people's vaccine'. And it will be possible if the vaccine companies release their patents and make the vaccine production available to everyone. UNICEF, however, is moving towards poorer countries. The agency will lead the way in ensuring the supply of vaccines to low- and middle-income countries.