World Health Organization has warned that the world should be prepared for the next Pandemic

The corona virus is wreaking havoc all over the world and is now showing its fury in India. The economies of countries around the world have collapsed badly. In such a situation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the world should also be prepared for the next pandemic.

Indeed, WHO chief Tedros Adnom Grabius said on Monday that the world should be better prepared for the next pandemic. He also called for countries to invest in public health.

World Health Organization has warned that the world should be prepared for the next Pandemic

27 million people have been caught so far in the world after the first corona virus case that surfaced in December 2019 in China's Wuhan city. At the same time, 8,88,326 people have died due to this virus worldwide.

This will not be the last pandemic, Tedros said during a news briefing at the WHO's headquarters in Geneva. History has taught us that outbreaks and pandemics are a fact of life. But when the next pandemic comes, the world should be ready. You have to be more prepared than this time.

Corona virus can persist for a long time

Earlier, in early August, the World Health Organization issued a warning about the corona virus, stating that the corona virus could persist for a long time. The WHO said this after a meeting with the Emergency Committee on the six-month evaluation of covid-19.

The WHO said in a statement that the committee gave long-term forecasts of the covid-19 epidemic. It has been seven months since the corona virus came into existence and meanwhile the committee has met four times to assess the risk of corona virus. After this meeting, the World Health Organization has determined the threat of covid-19 globally.

Gabarius said at a virtual press conference, 'This will not be the last pandemic. History has taught us that epidemics are a part of life. But the next time an epidemic comes, we all have to be prepared for it. He said that despite much progress in technologies, many countries have not yet focused their public health systems in the right direction. Significantly, on March 11, WHO declared corona virus infection a global epidemic.

The United States is the most affected by Corona virus infection, and so far 6,297,021 infected cases have been reported, while 189,122 people have died. Also, India has now come second in the world in both the Corona virus case and death.

When can the corona virus vaccine arrive and what will it cost?

The first case of corona virus infection was reported in December last year in Wuhan, China, after which the virus spread rapidly to other countries of the world. Worldwide, cases of corona virus infection have now reached more than 26.6 million and the number of deaths from this virus is more than 8 lakh 75 thousand. But no effective vaccine has yet been developed to deal with it.

On 11 August this year, Russia registered the first vaccine of covid-19 and named it Sputnik V. Russia says it has achieved a major breakthrough in medical science. But critics claim that the vaccine has not passed the third stage of clinical trials and therefore cannot be believed that the vaccine will work.

But efforts are being made to manufacture the corona virus vaccine in many countries around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 34 companies are producing the Corona vaccine and seven of these Phase III clinical trials are underway. At the same time, vaccines from three companies have reached the second phase of clinical trials.

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According to the organization, 142 companies are also producing vaccines and have reached pre-clinical levels by now. According to World Health Organization chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, the vaccine AstraZeneca has created on a large scale by Oxford University is the most advanced vaccine ever.

The corona virus vaccine will be available to people by mid-2021. However, James also states that four viruses in the Corona virus family are already present among humans and no vaccine has yet been developed to protect them.

Amid reports of the formation of the corona virus vaccine, now common people, including scientists, expect the vaccine to arrive in a few months. But they are worried about the price. Currently, scientists are worried about how many doses of the vaccine will have to be taken to keep the corona virus away, that is, how many times.

What does the vaccine cost so far?

AstraZeneca Commentary

AstraZeneca, an Oxford University vaccine company, has said that it will provide corona virus vaccines to people at a lower cost and try not to benefit from it. The company's head said in Mexico last month that the price of the vaccine in Latin America would be less than $ 4 per dose.

The Serum Institute, which is making this vaccine in India in a big way, has said that the cost of this vaccine for India and developing countries would be around three dollars, or Rs 220.

At the same time, the Italian Ministry of Health said that it could cost up to 2.5 euro in Europe. Australia also signed an agreement with AstraZeneca for the Corona vaccine in August. The country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison says that he will give the Corona vaccine to all its citizens for free. Nothing has been said on what the government will pay for this.

Sanofi Pasteur commentary

Olivier Bogilot, head of Sanofi in France, said on Saturday that his future covid-19 vaccine could be priced below 10 euros per dose (about Rs 900).

Bogillot told France Inter Radio, "The price is not fully determined. We are estimating the cost of production in the coming months. Our vaccine will cost less than 10 euros."

Drug manufacturers and government agencies around the world are vying to fight the epidemic and develop vaccines. Regarding the lower price of the dose of AstraZeneca, a rival to Sanofi, Bogilot says that the reason for the price difference may be that we use our internal resources. Use your own researchers and research centers. AstraZeneca outsources its production.

Chinese company Sinopharma Vaccine

Liu Jingjen, chairman of Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, said last month that the vaccine the company has completed Phase III clinical trials has been completed. He said that once the vaccine was introduced in the market, its two doses would cost less than 1000 Chinese yuan (ten thousand rupees). However, experts say that vaccines should be given free of cost to health workers and students.

According to Chinese health officials, if the vaccine is included in the national vaccination campaign, people whose names are associated with the campaign will get the vaccine at government expense.

Currently, company president Liu has taken two doses of this vaccine and says that there are no side effects of this vaccine.

Moderna's Vaccine 

In August, Modern said that in the wake of the Corona virus epidemic, some consumers would offer the vaccine at a low price ranging from 33 to 37 dollars (about Rs 2,500).

In Cambridge, the company's chief executive, Stephen Bansal, said the price of the vaccine would be kept as low as possible during the epidemic. He said that the company believes that everyone should get the vaccine during the difficult period of the epidemic and the price should not come in the way.

Pfizer's Vaccine

In July this year, the US government signed a $ 1.97 billion agreement with Pfizer and Biotech for the Corona virus vaccine. According to a report published in FirePharma, SVB Leerink analyst Geoffrey Porges, Pfizer and BioNotech said they were going to sell their mRNA-based Corona virus vaccine to the US government for $ 19.50 per dose (Rs 1,500), with up to 60 Can benefit. 80 percent.

The person will need two initial doses of this vaccine and a booster dose and the common person may have to pay up to $ 40. Also, under the vaccination program, it can cost up to $ 20.