The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, November 9 of a possible shortage of syringes in 2022 - one to two billion could be missing - if their production does not keep up with the doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
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7.25 billion doses of vaccine administered worldwide
According to the official, who urged countries to increase their production capacity in this area, efforts in this direction have already been undertaken.
But if "
we can certainly increase the capacity, it is still necessary to know by how much and when
", she pointed out.
More than 7.25 billion doses of vaccine against Covid-19 have been administered worldwide, according to an AFP count, or nearly double the number of usual vaccinations carried out each year, increasing the needs accordingly in syringes.
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According to Lisa Hedman, a lack of syringes could cause a delay in these routine vaccinations and, therefore, have an impact on public health "
for years to come
" if a generation of young people do not receive the normal childhood vaccines. .
It could also result in the inadvisable re-use of syringes and needles, which are supposed to be single-use.
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