When the Covid-19 vaccine is still a luxury with half the world, more and more European countries and other conditions begin to implement an enhanced dose for citizens.
European countries are in the group with the most successful Covid-19 vaccination campaign worldwide.
But when Covid-19 continued to spread and killed with aware of alarming globally, decided to inject the vaccine dose for those who had nose sufficiency instead of donations for poor countries to become a positive theme
Many activists and experts, including people in the World Health Organization (WHO) have criticized this action, while the European Union's foreign policy manager (EU) said that
Andrea Taylor, who led the research on global vaccine distribution at Duke University, the US said the people in rich countries could easily get vaccinated with abundant supply, while half the world still thirsty vaccine.
Vaccine Covid-19 medical staff for an elderly person in Ottobrunn, Germany earlier this year.
However, those concerns did not prevent the plan of some countries.
We want to protect groups that are most likely to be at the best possible when autumn and winter come, German medical minister Jens Spahn said.
Less than 48 hours after Germany's announcement, WHO called for a global to delay the dose to increase for at least two months.
We cannot accept countries that are using the majority of global vaccine supply continue to use more, while the most vulnerable people in the world have not been protected, General Manager WHO Tedros Adhanom
Many infectious disease experts have warned not to rush to inject an enhanced dose until more data on its effectiveness.
However, Delta variants with rapid infection have changed the calculation of some countries.
In France, the first group of vaccines including people at the nursing home, people over 75 have a serious health problem, will be allowed to increase the dose in September, President Emmanuel Macron said last month.
In the UK, the Ministry of Health and Social Care officials said they prepared for an enhanced dose in September, but still waiting for guidance and confirmation from the Council of Council of Counseling the country.
Hungary, which licensed a variety of vaccines more than neighboring countries including Russian and Chinese vaccines, has begun to inject an enhanced dose for all people, regardless of age and health conditions, but recommend everyone to
Spanish and Italian officials also announced it may need to be injected for people, but there is no specific plan.
Insurance vaccine injection campaign is being conducted in Russia and Israel for people over 60 years old.
The US may not be outside this race.
However, in the context of global vaccine supply is limited, the implementation of an enhanced dose injecting the number of vaccines transferred to poor countries will be less.
The President Joe Biden government on August 3 announced that US transferred more than 110 million doses of vaccines to more than 60 countries.
Although the EU offers a lot of ambitious commitments to share vaccines, blocks and member countries continue to lag behind the US in this area, according to published reports and data.
Josep Borrell, the Vice Chairman of the European Commission, said the EU was far away from committing to 200 million shares until the end of this year.
According to EU data, the block donated 7.1 million doses of vaccines to the world, of which nearly 1.59 million through Covax sharing initiative.
The EU has been playing an important role.
A vaccination point in Poissy, Paris, France in June. Photo: AFP.
However, Taylor, the researcher at Duke University, said unknown EU countries could afford to enhance the people, just completed commitments to the world.
The European Commission ordered more than two billion doses to prepare for the ability to deploy an enhanced vaccination campaign or respond to new variants.
Last week, the EU vaccination campaign surpassed the US.
It will be wise if we quickly draw experience and don't make a mistake again.