Vaccines: Oxfam, whether mass or in 2021 crisis of 9 thousand billion

(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 06 - Rich countries must find a road that leads to the mass production of vaccines at low cost to protect every person from COVID-19, in every part of the world and avert a global economic catastrophe, with estimated losses up to over 9,000 billion dollars in 2021 for Italy a loss of per capita income of 1,495 dollars. This is the appeal launched on the occasion of the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank scheduled by Oxfam, a member of the People's VaccineAlliance. Oxfam is also asking not to delay with the release of a new, albeit limited, issue of special drawing rights (SDRs) for $ 650 billion, providing extra liquidity to low- and middle-income countries in dire need. The lack of global action for mass vaccinations by advanced economies, Oxfam writes, would lead, according to the International Chamber of Commerce's most pessimistic estimates, to $ 9,200 billion in aggregate economic losses at the end of 2021, of which about half would fall. on the richest nations. According to Oxfam, the US could lose up to $ 2,700 per capita spending capacity in 2021, or about $ 1,300 more than the subsidy provided by the Biden administration, reaching a national GDP of $ 1,300 billion at the end of the year. , while Italy could record a contraction of the spent capacity per capita of 1,495 dollars; Japan of 1,451; the United Kingdom of 1,380, or about 70% of the average monthly payment envelope; France of 1,239 per capita, equivalent to the average cost of a rent; Canada of $ 1,979. (HANDLE).