Most people would assume that it would be easier to make disposable syringes rather than come up with a safe and effective vaccine for Covid-19. In spite of that, some US vaccination experts are suggesting that a syringe shortage could prevent the rolling out of a full vaccination programme in that and other countries (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/21/syringe-shortage-covid-19-vaccine-experts). Apparently, US companies make around 663 million syringes per year but it has been estimated that 850 million will be needed. I suspect that there is sufficient time to ring around the suppliers!
No comments:
Post a Comment