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Criticism of the vaccine storage policies of rich western countries has already begun to be heard around the world, and some believe it is the reason for the development of the omicron strain in Africa. here are the details


Are Western countries to blame for the development of the new variant?

It is not yet clear what the threat size of the Omicron strain is, but criticism has already begun to be heard around the world about the vaccine storage policies of rich Western countries, and some believe that this is the reason for the development of this variant in Africa.

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28/11/2021

Sunday, 28 November 2021, 09:23 Updated: 09:39

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In the video: Bennett at the Corona Cabinet meeting (video: Roi Avraham / GPO, sound: Ben Peretz / GPO)

We are only just beginning to understand the implications of the new variant Omicron that came from Africa, but there are already some in the world who know where to point the finger of blame: the "immune nationalism" of rich countries.



The discovery of the new corona variant in South Africa - B.1.1.529 which has since been dubbed Omicron - is a source of serious concern around the world.

Leaders, governments, scientists and doctors are following him with concern and trying to assess how dangerous and contagious it will be, and whether existing vaccines will work against it, or whether we have once again gone back to zero in dealing with the grueling corona plague.

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The new strain has a particularly large number of mutations, and alongside its rapid spread that is looming in South Africa, scientists fear it will lead to a severe and fatal outbreak.

Each piece of information collected about the new variant through genetic sequencing of its specimens will be carefully examined, but it will likely take a few more weeks until its threat size is fully understood.

Meanwhile, criticism of the vaccine storage policies of rich western countries has already begun to be heard again, and some believe that it is the reason for the development of this variant, which we will mention originating in Africa.

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"Immune nationalism" is a term that refers to the greedy vaccination policies of rich countries, which have promised themselves future stockpiles of vaccines against Corona and have already begun vaccinating their citizens with a third booster dose, while in poor countries like Africa, there are severe vaccines Against the corona virus.



"I'm so angry right now! Even if the moral argument did not convince them, even if we lost the universal morality, the humanity, its only because of the private interest of those rich countries - they knew not that if we did not treat the whole world with equality and speed possible. Will cause the emergence of variants that it is impossible to know whether we will be able to control, "said Dr. Iwada Alakija, co-chair of the Alliance for the Delivery of Vaccines to Africa, in an interview with the British Guardian.

It is time to turn more vaccines and resources to Africa.

A man gets vaccinated in Rwanda (Photo: Reuters)

Even in the days before the first vaccine was approved, scientists, doctors and activists warned against an unequal distribution of vaccines against the corona virus and called on the countries of the world not to adopt vaccine nationalism. The World Health Organization has also been concerned for some time about the impact of the unequal distribution of vaccine stocks across the globe. In August, with the start of booster operations in Western countries, the organization's chief scientist said that "I fear it will only lead to the emergence of more variants ... we may be heading towards a much more serious situation."



With the advent of the new variant in South Africa, calls have intensified to direct more vaccine, research and medical resources to African countries. At a special emergency hearing in Geneva, World Health Organization experts called on the countries of the world to think of significant measures to deal with the new threat, and not just settle for closing borders. But these readings may be too little and too late.

"Do not just close the borders."

Johannesburg Airport (Photo: Reuters)

"For more than a year now, African countries such as South Africa and Botswana have been calling on world leaders to relinquish intellectual property rights to corona vaccines, tests and treatments so that these poor countries can begin producing vaccines and drugs against the virus," explained Tim Birley, a Global Justice Now activist. , In an interview with the Guardian.

According to him, this is a vital step that should be discussed at a conference of the World Trade Organization next week.

He added that so far the UK and the EU have blocked progress on this issue.



The corona plague, it is important to remember, is a global epidemic.

Until the citizens of the whole world are protected from it, there is always a chance that a new variant will appear and succeed in evading all the defenses we have developed against it so far, which will make the vaccines and drugs for Corona useless.

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