新型コロナウイルスが中国で確認されて以来、ワクチン摂取は徐々に進んできました。
214の国と地域を対象としたワクチン接種率に関する調べでは、フィリピンは142位に位置され、かなり低い順位です..
やはり先進国での摂取率が高く、発展途上国は課題があるようです。とは言え、発展途上国も多い東南アジアでも国によって差は大きく、シンガポール／カンボジア／マレーシアでは順調に進んでいます。
経済格差のみならず、ワクチンの副反応などへの警戒心や文化の違いが接種率に影響しているのかもしれません。
フィリピンでは、９月９日時点で約４千万回分のワクチン摂取がされている状況です。人数で言えば、おおよそ１千６百万人分にのぼると発表しています。
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“PH ranks 142nd in vaccinations against Covid-19”
TWENTY months since coronavirus disease (Covid-19) first emerged in China, it is now affecting over 210 countries and territories with deadly consequences. However, global vaccinations are now increasing to flatten its curve.
As of Sept. 10, 2021, about 5.66 billion doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have been administered, translating to 41.7 percent of the world population having received at least one dose, according to Our World in Data, citing official numbers from governments worldwide.
In its list of 214 countries and territories, however, the Philippines ranked a very low 142nd in Covid-19 vaccinations per 100 people at just 33.97 doses administered per 100 people.
This is less than half the world average of 71.92 vaccine doses administered per 100 people.
Gibraltar came out as the most vaccinated country or territory with 234.56 doses administered per 100 people, followed by Seychelles with 211.64 doses, and Pitcairn with 200 doses per 100 people.
Since some Covid-19 vaccines require multiple doses, a person may receive more than one dose. This is why the number of doses per 100 people can be higher than 100, Our World in Data said.
Rounding out the top 10 were the United Arab Emirates (188.18 doses per 100 people), Uruguay (169.79 doses), Israel (163.42 doses), Chile (156.47 doses), Malta (156.24 doses), Qatar (156.16 doses) and Iceland (155.93 doses).
China, the most populous nation on earth with 1.44 billion residents, placed 19th with 147.85 doses administered per 100 people.
Southeast Asia
Among the 10 Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines also belonged in the bottom half of the pile, placing eighth.
Singapore, which placed 12th worldwide, led the group with 152.23 doses administered per 100 people.
Rounding out the top three in Southeast Asia were Cambodia with 121.29 doses and Malaysia with 115.94 doses administered per 100 people.
The top three in Southeast Asia fared better than the United States which, despite its wide availability of vaccines, managed to administer just 112.56 doses per 100 people due to the presence of rabid anti-vaxxers. This placed the US at 62nd place.
Some 224.80 million people have been infected with Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, as of Sept. 11, 2021, according to Worldometer, citing data from health ministries and other government authorities. Of these, 4.63 million have died.
On Saturday, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said that as of Sept. 9, a total of 37,728,114 doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered in the Philippines, according to the National Vaccination Operations Center.
He said this brought the number of fully vaccinated individuals in the country to 16,138,934.