Vaccine distribution in crisis with only 1% inoculated in Africa | DW News

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2 жыл бұрын

Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech have pledged to deliver 1-billion doses of their COVID-19 vaccine to poorer nations this year, and another 1 billion next year.
At a G20 summit in Rome on Friday the European countries made their own pledges to donate a combined 100-million doses by the end of the year. Some of those will go to African countries through the COVAX initiative.
These commitments come as global health authorities warned the world is at a crisis point with the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Rich countries have significant access to the vaccines, and developing countries are struggling to catch up.
In the meantime the vaccine rollout remains sluggish on the continent where there is not enough supply.
So when the southern African nation Malawi burned nearly 20,000 doses of vaccines, it raised a lot of questions. Especially because the government's decision to burn the vaccines went against advice from the WHO and the African CDC.
Both organizations advised Malawi not to destroy COVID-19 vaccines saying even though they had passed their expiration dates - they were still safe to use.
In the Malawian capital Lilongwe, the burning of the vaccines was made a ceremony of sorts.
It was an event put on for the cameras. 20,000 doses of Malawi’s Covid-19 vaccine allocation, laid out to be destroyed. The health minister personally led the exercise, to send a message to the public that has been skeptical of the vaccines.
Malawi's health experts are also trying to assure the public of the vaccines safety and efficacy.
Malawi, like many other nations, is short of Covid-19 doses. So far only a tiny fraction of its 18 million people have been vaccinated.
Malawi has reported just over a thousand Covid-19 deaths. The government is having to work hard to convince people to get vaccinated.
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@bcatbb2896
@bcatbb2896 2 жыл бұрын
The African professor is sadly right, the begging ideology is quite rampant in that continent with the leaderships
@SAGAWISIW30
@SAGAWISIW30 2 жыл бұрын
What will you do if you don't have.... BEG FOR IT DON'T BURN IT😂😂
@lordlee6473
@lordlee6473 2 жыл бұрын
The country received the AstraZeneca vaccines on Mar 26 and the vaccines expired on Apr 13. They burned them because people were reluctant to receive shots out of fear they would be given the expired doses. Here, DW, I did the reporting for you
@SAGAWISIW30
@SAGAWISIW30 2 жыл бұрын
Fect just take it .... if you don't want give it to us and we will use it the day it arrives in our country..... face the reality you are not living in Wakanda where b panthers Kingdom. ... you can't manufacture vaccine,,, we have nothing except terrorist and some corn and deserts😠
@greyfells2829
@greyfells2829 2 жыл бұрын
That woman leading their health efforts must have a monumental job.
@Mr.ThinkTwice
@Mr.ThinkTwice 2 жыл бұрын
Then why put expiration date if you still say it is still good to use after that date???
@achienglilian6395
@achienglilian6395 2 жыл бұрын
Pulling our legs😹😹😹
@pauldpoulpe280
@pauldpoulpe280 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@arbalestarethebest7071
@arbalestarethebest7071 2 жыл бұрын
If the vaccines were safe after expiration date why expiration date? Im not covid conspiracy theorist but i think it would be misleading to put dates out there if the vaccine would still work after expiration date.
@herlescraft
@herlescraft 2 жыл бұрын
vaccine aren't yet approved for all age sectors because we did not do specific age range testing, you can't guarantee something you have done no testing on, the manufacture guarantees a time table, what you do after that it's at your own risk.
@MetallicReg
@MetallicReg 2 жыл бұрын
The expiration date is an efficiency guarantee - not a safety guarantee. If you don’t use them by a certain point, their efficiency can get a hit. You can compare it with the difference between „minimum shelf life“ and „use by date“. In a time of vaccine shortage it is better to use every vaccine possible instead of optimizing for efficiency. Because otherwise you are accepting a too high death toll.
@jakeg3126
@jakeg3126 2 жыл бұрын
Asked to do with half-life of the drugs. Once it gets to that date it might not be in the 100% effective zone, might start losing potency. Like a loaf of bread says best until the 15th, but if it’s kept in right conditions it might still be fresh for a few more days or if left out it might go stale earlier. They are anal with medicine to avoid lawsuits. I got some expensive shots where it’s use by whatever. but it’s important don’t waste it, even if it’s a week later. It’s also not a you’re probably going to die. Like one of those 20,000 are probably gonna get infected no matter what now
@ahyarhartanto1802
@ahyarhartanto1802 2 жыл бұрын
@@MetallicReg actually it's called efficacy not efficiency.
@MetallicReg
@MetallicReg 2 жыл бұрын
@@ahyarhartanto1802 In the context of vaccines yes. In the context of the topic efficiency is absolutely appropriate.
@arnevontorgau9311
@arnevontorgau9311 2 жыл бұрын
Seems even the health workers and politicians in Malawi capitol avoid vaccination, otherwise 20,000 units are easily to be distributed. In the top 3 Malawi cities aprox. 2 Million people are living. Seems crazy not to find 20,000 people to be vaccinated.
@second2none914
@second2none914 2 жыл бұрын
Nice to know you know so much about this small African countries healthcare infrastructure but do you have any evidence of your theory or is this just your random speculation.
@shannygibson8262
@shannygibson8262 2 жыл бұрын
The poorer African areas have had to endure WHO coming in and killing their people for many years! They know more about WHO than we do here in America! Their info is firsthand testimony!
@arnevontorgau9311
@arnevontorgau9311 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannygibson8262 Q Anon lies
@shannygibson8262
@shannygibson8262 2 жыл бұрын
@@arnevontorgau9311 I don't watch or listen to Q anon. This comes from interviews over 2 years ago when WHO went in to vaccinate for a different virus. None of the villagers wanted WHO there because when they give their "help" - hundreds start dying! The WHO forced many to take the shot- against their will!
@ignatiusryd2031
@ignatiusryd2031 2 жыл бұрын
@@shannygibson8262 And your argument did not supported by any facts at all 🙄
@dvsn23
@dvsn23 2 жыл бұрын
Were the vaccine doses expired upon delivery to Malawi? I feel like that first segment is missing a bit of context.
@ancalyme
@ancalyme 2 жыл бұрын
@sleepy dawg Vaccines aren't food, they don't make you sick if they expire. The expiration date of pharmaceuticals is just the date to which the manufacturers can guarantee maximum efficacy, but if you're waiting for vaccine donations you can't afford not to use them even after the expiration date.
@herlescraft
@herlescraft 2 жыл бұрын
@@ancalyme if you have doses but people don't want to get vaccinated what's the point, i get it's bad practice but they did have a point for their own specific case, hopefully those 20'000 will be all that's necessary to vaccinate milions.
@SAGAWISIW30
@SAGAWISIW30 2 жыл бұрын
Then Use it on the day it arrives ,,, why can you make a vaccine? Look face reality Malawi is one of the poorest country in the world,,, full of corruption, inequality, the only thing we have is fish in Malawi lake yet this fish are now getting extinct,,, all we have is babies 😅😅😅😅😅
@thepeff
@thepeff 2 жыл бұрын
I kinda get it. This is the measure they have chosen to combat vaccination skepticism and foster faith in their medical system
@latote1917
@latote1917 2 жыл бұрын
Beyond the expiration date and safe to use??? Why the expiration dates then???
@danielcheung4635
@danielcheung4635 2 жыл бұрын
Did you take science?
@Crysizz
@Crysizz 2 жыл бұрын
Every durg and vaccine can be used after expiration date but there effectiveness will reduce with time.
@latote1917
@latote1917 2 жыл бұрын
@Daniel Cheung I did take science... But I studied engineering
@latote1917
@latote1917 2 жыл бұрын
@Satyam Srivastava without having any side effects?
@Crysizz
@Crysizz 2 жыл бұрын
@@latote1917 yes if it is away from moisture or got oxidized
@waltbroedner4754
@waltbroedner4754 2 жыл бұрын
If the vaccines are good past the expiration date then WHY do the pharmas place an expiration date that is NOT valid? Is it so they can sell you another one with an early expiration date after you disposed of the last good one after its expiration date?
@Joebius1
@Joebius1 2 жыл бұрын
Yes. I've seen many stories about how they do exactly that with most medications.
@jesusisminenow
@jesusisminenow 2 жыл бұрын
Assuming it's partially a liability thing.
@jibjub2121
@jibjub2121 2 жыл бұрын
Essentially it's like a best before date, they can't guarantee efficacy after a certain date, it's doesn't make it dangerous, they just cannot guarantee the same standard of efficacy beyond that date.
@vikmanphotography7984
@vikmanphotography7984 2 жыл бұрын
At least in the US, even milk is fine about a week after expiration. Eggs usually are fine for a month or two after expiration. Expiration dates are deliberately overly conservative.
@ancalyme
@ancalyme 2 жыл бұрын
Pharmaceuticals aren't food. The reason expired food makes you sick is because of bacteria, but vaccines obviously don't have random bacteria inside them. The expiration date is just the date until which the manufacturer can guarantee efficacy.
@gerardovenegas4610
@gerardovenegas4610 2 жыл бұрын
That is sad. But I do agree with them, They have the right to be proud and do not accept, second hand or expire products... They are humans as much as we are... They deserve the same quality as we do... The health minister is a legend!!
@nasibakhan1071
@nasibakhan1071 2 жыл бұрын
Would Europeans use vaccines past their expiration dates? If not, then nobody else should be expected to. If yes, then the expired vaccines should've been shipped to Europe.
@akattau
@akattau 2 жыл бұрын
While many other countries are struggling for vaccines...
@ceefarbs560
@ceefarbs560 2 жыл бұрын
And to think she said “We have ethics”
@Jack-jl2vf
@Jack-jl2vf 2 жыл бұрын
The shi+ expired.
@Golden_Rabbit
@Golden_Rabbit 2 жыл бұрын
It’s expired. It would be unethical to still use it on people.
@PAnfrican_village_Farmer1
@PAnfrican_village_Farmer1 2 жыл бұрын
@@ceefarbs560 yes, she's very right! They have Ethics, no matter what! Will you accept the vaccine if you were told it is expired but can still be used? Inability to produce vaccine doesn't mean you should accept and use anything at all. That makes no sense. They have the same Ethics that every scientific society has and must maintain at all costs. Europe does not play games with expired products. Why is it so? Do they ever bend their ethics to allow the sale of expired products in supermarkets? So, why will a sovereign state administer visibly expired vaccines to her population because vaccines are scarce? If you won't accept something, then don't expect another to tolerate same.
@pauldpoulpe280
@pauldpoulpe280 2 жыл бұрын
Vaccines still safe to use even after they expire? Then what's the point of putting an expiry date?
@EverybodysDarling
@EverybodysDarling 2 жыл бұрын
Donate 100 Billion Doses for 7 Billion People? What the heck are you doing?!?!?!
@oscaroscar914
@oscaroscar914 2 жыл бұрын
Why were they expired?
@thepathfinder5414
@thepathfinder5414 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly, no one seems to be asking that! They obviously didn't want it....
@silvialogan9226
@silvialogan9226 2 жыл бұрын
Could it be possible that people just did not want to use the jabs because they are afraid of severe side effects?
@oscaroscar914
@oscaroscar914 2 жыл бұрын
@@silvialogan9226 Well, I do not know but I would say that the news are totally different depending on: 1- They were sent expired jabs because of the poor management of other countries. 2- The jabs expired on the way there because of poor logistics. 3- They expired because of the poor management of Malawi. 4- They expired because the people of Malawi did not want to get vaccinated. 5- They got jabs just because they had expired.
@RachelLHearn-wl5mq
@RachelLHearn-wl5mq 2 жыл бұрын
An expiration date is never exact.
@James-ke5sx
@James-ke5sx 2 жыл бұрын
Anybody else preparing for a worse case scenario.
@johnadona3014
@johnadona3014 2 жыл бұрын
its inevitable
@donnatrump1403
@donnatrump1403 2 жыл бұрын
If they take the 'vaccine'
@user-kx8oy8jq2n
@user-kx8oy8jq2n Жыл бұрын
Crisis? What is the crisis?
@naobolliger9188
@naobolliger9188 2 жыл бұрын
There are huge lack of education and the ability to think for yourself, "either or"... sad but true
@anitagubalane7510
@anitagubalane7510 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so sad for Malawi 🇲🇼😢💔
@herlescraft
@herlescraft 2 жыл бұрын
@Bill Gates ah yes good thing Malawi have a centralized government with perfect tracing. Fun fact there is such a thing as data bias. If nobody shows up in the hospital you can't very well confirm a covid death. Go look up the ebola outbreak, people started saying it was eradicated because no new case was being detected, reality was people were not getting cured and a few months later it came back stronger than before.
@herlescraft
@herlescraft 2 жыл бұрын
@28gire i never claimed ebola emerged in Malawi, i just used the well documented Ebola case to make a point about medical hesitancy in africa, but read in to it what you want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@kitty_kitty888
@kitty_kitty888 2 жыл бұрын
Please deliver some vaccines 💉 to Taiwan 🇹🇼
@a.a.staffing5272
@a.a.staffing5272 2 жыл бұрын
It's giving many people tinnitus. MMM isn't going to tell you that though
@decoloniz_afro
@decoloniz_afro 2 жыл бұрын
Burn to ashes poisons
@willylao5430
@willylao5430 2 жыл бұрын
Shame!!! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
@donnatrump1403
@donnatrump1403 2 жыл бұрын
Best thing i've seen in a long while. Doctor, could you secure some of those vials and fully analyze the content? That would be interesting...just like the swabs that tested positive for covid when used on bananas...
@neyplayerfernandes1235
@neyplayerfernandes1235 2 жыл бұрын
Why are we getting the leftover?
@leroygates3239
@leroygates3239 2 жыл бұрын
Zero efficacy 😂
@cheek238
@cheek238 2 жыл бұрын
I hope she didn't have the vaccine earlier when she deprived others.
@Bhebe40
@Bhebe40 2 жыл бұрын
Africa doesn't need the poison, we have our herbs
@melaninbotswana2474
@melaninbotswana2474 2 жыл бұрын
I have been preaching this for a longtime there is a lot of hysteria about this covid19 thing this man can beg I personally am not begging for anything
@user-yz7ip7hs9h
@user-yz7ip7hs9h 2 жыл бұрын
Taiwan has the same rate and begging mentality!
@yahudahmob7612
@yahudahmob7612 2 жыл бұрын
AFRICA SAFE SPACE
@Anne_Onymous
@Anne_Onymous 2 жыл бұрын
Why does Africa alway need handouts from other countries
@leungpaul9401
@leungpaul9401 2 жыл бұрын
Because somebody looted their countries for decades
@Anne_Onymous
@Anne_Onymous 2 жыл бұрын
@@jayrideau You have some points lol
@meriez2892
@meriez2892 2 жыл бұрын
Europeans looted them and still are
@butterfly9274
@butterfly9274 2 жыл бұрын
Cause everyone steals from Africa!
@Anne_Onymous
@Anne_Onymous 2 жыл бұрын
@@meriez2892 Africa has its own government, etc. Blaming it on Europeans in 2021 is ridiculous.
@nikhilgill
@nikhilgill 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah "india variant" when the whole pandemic started from china
@Sofus.
@Sofus. 2 жыл бұрын
It's unfortunate, here in Europe we would have paid handsomely for those Vaccines.
@meriez2892
@meriez2892 2 жыл бұрын
They 👏🏽 are 👏🏽 expired
@albertteng1191
@albertteng1191 2 жыл бұрын
vaccines are supposed to be free. Drug manufacturers do not allow vaccines to be sold. Becoz the vaccines are not fully certified for use, they were release only bcoz emergency use certification
@auhel3373
@auhel3373 2 жыл бұрын
They can be lucky not to be vaccinated
@henriveaudry5031
@henriveaudry5031 2 жыл бұрын
Only 1% vaccinated but Africa also has the lowest number of cases even according to WHO statistics. Doesn't that tell you something??
@garyfrancis6193
@garyfrancis6193 2 жыл бұрын
And that’s a good thing.
@zainmudassir2964
@zainmudassir2964 2 жыл бұрын
End covid vaccine patents. The production is too slow
@beverleylumb8048
@beverleylumb8048 2 жыл бұрын
Why should anyone give them anymore just so they can throw it away. So she can stick her ethics and professionalism, plenty of people would have loved to have the vaccine in India why didn't they think of that before throwing it away
@Jack-jl2vf
@Jack-jl2vf 2 жыл бұрын
Expired
@madphatscyles2958
@madphatscyles2958 2 жыл бұрын
Fire is always the answer
@Sha_Mone
@Sha_Mone 2 жыл бұрын
100 Billion by the end of the year. The world population is not even close to that. What in the world are you talking about?
@marioreds7826
@marioreds7826 2 жыл бұрын
At this point, they don't deserve any help. Those vaccines could have saved lives elsewhere.
@Jack-jl2vf
@Jack-jl2vf 2 жыл бұрын
Expired.
@decoloniz_afro
@decoloniz_afro 2 жыл бұрын
Keep it whiteman
@albertteng1191
@albertteng1191 2 жыл бұрын
You dont understand, the vaccines they received has very short expiration date. Those vaccines probably came from some western countries who dont have much use for them anymore
@marioreds7826
@marioreds7826 2 жыл бұрын
Even if they were close to expiration date, we are talking about 20k doses in a country of over 18 million people. They could and should have used them in a matter of days.
@romiajlouni8943
@romiajlouni8943 2 жыл бұрын
The gigantic offer willy pause because credit normally precede afore a ablaze pimple. hallowed, steady lake
@valeria-militiamessalina5672
@valeria-militiamessalina5672 2 жыл бұрын
Madonna adopted many of her children from Malawi. Maybe she should tour the country to promote vaccine awareness.
@dfa3366
@dfa3366 2 жыл бұрын
They are 3rd world for a reason.
@crobinso2010
@crobinso2010 2 жыл бұрын
They could have first offered it to anyone who wants it as a voluntary choice.
@schlafcomandante5662
@schlafcomandante5662 2 жыл бұрын
Why does Palestinians have to suffer for German atrocities? 🇵🇸 BDS
@technicaltoyplease2318
@technicaltoyplease2318 2 жыл бұрын
Not say indain veriant😡😡😡 covid is come china
@nikhilgill
@nikhilgill 2 жыл бұрын
China is there master they are making infrastructure for them if they say anything about china they will stop that
@tuco4386
@tuco4386 2 жыл бұрын
🤭
@alexmattie5437
@alexmattie5437 2 жыл бұрын
If not sick dont take nothing
@joannebeerens6206
@joannebeerens6206 2 жыл бұрын
I hope Africa has more sence than to take this................
@jennyb9196
@jennyb9196 2 жыл бұрын
Well they should destroy all of them!! Not of The Lord but of the enemy
@jspec-vz3mc
@jspec-vz3mc 2 жыл бұрын
That's the smartest thing I've seen an African leader do for his people in a very long time.
@CodeNameV
@CodeNameV 2 жыл бұрын
Ethics and professionalism... In Africa.. Please do not make me laugh
@PHlophe
@PHlophe 2 жыл бұрын
Prinslew, ethnic lacks in most of the world anyway. but good for her for putting her foot down.
@brutalvous
@brutalvous 2 жыл бұрын
I don't like Africa except elephants they are cool.
@junemooney1498
@junemooney1498 2 жыл бұрын
Get it out everywhere as qucik as possible.
@rustynuts4426
@rustynuts4426 2 жыл бұрын
Dont take it. My friends are ill after tsking it.
@andrewsimpson7444
@andrewsimpson7444 2 жыл бұрын
Ok....Rusty Nuts..😂
@viktorg6823
@viktorg6823 2 жыл бұрын
I took it and I'm fine.
@rustynuts4426
@rustynuts4426 2 жыл бұрын
@@viktorg6823 for now
@viktorg6823
@viktorg6823 2 жыл бұрын
@@rustynuts4426 Update: I'm still fine. Haven't been feeling ill for a day since the vaccincation.
@palestinabaddie
@palestinabaddie 2 жыл бұрын
don't forget to post about palestine until it's free
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