Study: Long-Term Corona Symptoms May Affect Vaccinees

As many countries around the world strive to speed up the vaccination campaigns of their citizens against the emerging infection with the corona virus and the deadly strains that have mutated it, data from global observatories has shown that it are at least 12 countries where vaccination rates are still low, not exceeding 1%, including Arab countries.

The interactive map published by Our World in Data reflects the great disparity between many countries in their vaccination campaigns.

According to site data, some countries have not been able to immunize more than one in 100 of their citizens with a single dose of vaccine, to date, including: Haiti, South Sudan, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Mali, Benin , Burkina Faso, Chad, Madagascar and Syria, Papua New Guinea, Iraq and Yemen.

The figures appeared shocking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, especially since the authorities failed to immunize more than 0.09% of its population with a dose of vaccine, while none of the citizens received the second dose of vaccine.

The data also reflected the presence of a group of countries in which the vaccination rate with two doses of the vaccine does not exceed 1 percent, including Afghanistan (0.56 percent), Cameroon (0.2 percent ), the Central African Republic (0.17 percent), and The Gambia (0.51 percent). ).

The data comes at a time when experts warn that low levels of immunization in societies are helping to create an environment that facilitates the mutation of the virus and the spread of copies that can be more deadly.

As some countries struggle to give their citizens the first dose of the vaccine, and barely the second, the medical community in other countries is questioning whether it is necessary to give their residents a third dose of the epidemic vaccines. , in light of the spread of mutants, such as the widespread “delta” strain.

And on Thursday, Israeli authorities announced their intention to effectively provide a third booster dose of the vaccine, to people over the age of 60, who have received both doses of the vaccine in full.

Neither the United States nor the European Union has officially recommended booster doses for the Corona virus, but studies are still ongoing.