Vaccination Worldwide: Strategies, Distribution and Challenges
/ Authors
Chirag Samal, K. Jakimowicz, Krishnendu Dasgupta, Aniket Vashishtha, O. Francisco, Arun Natarajan, Haris Nazir, A. Varma, Tejal Dahake, Amit Pandey
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Ishaan Singh, John S. Kim, M. S. Gill, Saurish Srivastava, Orna Mukhopadhyay, Parth Patwa, Qamil Mirza, S. Irshad, Sheshank Shankar, Rohan Iyer, Rohan Sukumaran, Ashley Mehra, Anshuman Sharma, Abhishek Singh, Maurizio Arseni, V. SethuramanT., Saras Agrawal, Vivek Sharma, Ramesh Raskar
/ Abstract
The Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus represents an unprecedented crisis for our planet. It is a bane of the über connected world that we live in that this virus has affected almost all countries and caused mortality and economic upheaval at a scale whose effects are going to be felt for generations to come. While we can all be buoyed at the pace at which vaccines have been developed and brought to market, there are still challenges ahead for all countries to get their populations vaccinated equitably and effectively. This paper provides an overview of ongoing immunization efforts in various countries. In this early draft, we have identified a few key factors that we use to review different countries' current COVID-19 immunization strategies and their strengths and draw conclusions so that policymakers worldwide can learn from them. Our paper focuses on processes related to vaccine approval, allocation and prioritization, distribution strategies, population to vaccine ratio, vaccination governance, accessibility and use of digital solutions, and government policies. The statistics and numbers are dated as per the draft date [June 24th, 2021].