COVAX交付第10亿剂新冠疫苗，全球分配不均问题仍存

COVAX于2022年1月15日向卢旺达运送的110万剂新冠疫苗中包含了第10亿剂，标志着这一全球疫苗分配倡议达成历史性里程碑1。截至当日，COVAX已向144个国家进行了疫苗交付1。

然而，全球疫苗分配依然严重不均衡。截至2022年1月13日，在194个世界卫生组织成员国中，有36个国家的疫苗接种覆盖率低于10%，88个国家低于40%1。COVAX指出，富裕国家的疫苗囤积、制药公司缺乏许可证和技术共享等因素严重影响了全球疫苗供应1。为此，COVAX呼吁各国政府和制药公司共享健康工具，以期结束疫情循环1。

COVAX has achieved a significant breakthrough in its global vaccination campaign, delivering its one billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on January 15, 2022, through a shipment of 1.1 million doses to Rwanda 1. This landmark accomplishment, however, comes amid stark disparities in global vaccine distribution that continue to hamper pandemic response efforts worldwide.

Despite this milestone, severe inequities persist in immunization coverage across nations. As of January 13, 2022, among 194 WHO member states, 36 countries have achieved vaccination rates below 10 percent, while 88 nations remain below the 40 percent threshold 1. COVAX has delivered vaccines to 144 countries to date 1. The organization has highlighted critical barriers to equitable vaccine access, including vaccine hoarding by wealthy nations and insufficient licensing and technology sharing from pharmaceutical companies 1. COVAX is calling on governments and manufacturers to share health tools and increase cooperation to end the cycle of the pandemic and achieve more balanced vaccine accessibility worldwide 1.