Al-Qahtani Wedad Saeed, Alsafhi Fatmah Ahmed
Department of Forensic Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences, Riyadh 11452, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11452, Saudi Arabia.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Mar 18;9(3):274. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030274.
SARS-CoV-2 (or simply COVID-19) remains to be a global pandemic issue affecting millions, thus urging the world's scientific community to develop efficient vaccine and design adequate measures of disease control. Currently, the most economically viable solution to infections and viruses is vaccination, despite the possible concerns about side effects from implementing quickly developed vaccine. The current commentary intends to explain the health and safety related to COVID-19 vaccines via a prism of global health safety. Scientists across the globe, along with companies from both public and private sectors, have predictably arranged cooperative programs to learn about COVID-19, along with taking simultaneous steps on devising vaccine and preparing effective treatments plans. Presently, several clinical trials to approve the efficiency of proposed vaccine solutions have been made successfully. Global health safety concerns on vaccine's efficiency such as high costs of production, provision of vaccine to developing countries, and its influence on the global economy are addressed. This commentary reflects on current efforts related to the development of vaccine against COVID-19, which currently affects the global health status and economy. In addition, the commentary aims at addressing potential risks related to the development of COVID-19 vaccine from the global health safety perspective.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(或简称为新冠病毒)仍是一个影响数百万人的全球大流行问题,这促使全球科学界研发高效疫苗并制定适当的疾病控制措施。目前,尽管人们可能担心快速研发的疫苗会有副作用,但对于感染和病毒而言,最具经济可行性的解决方案仍是接种疫苗。本评论旨在通过全球卫生安全的视角来解释与新冠病毒疫苗相关的健康与安全问题。可以预见,全球各地的科学家以及公共和私营部门的公司都已安排了合作项目来研究新冠病毒,同时还在同步采取措施研发疫苗并制定有效的治疗方案。目前,已经成功进行了多项临床试验以验证所提议疫苗解决方案的有效性。文中还探讨了全球卫生安全方面对疫苗有效性的担忧,例如生产成本高昂、向发展中国家提供疫苗以及其对全球经济的影响。本评论反映了目前在研发针对新冠病毒疫苗方面所做的努力,新冠病毒目前正影响着全球健康状况和经济。此外,该评论旨在从全球卫生安全角度探讨与新冠病毒疫苗研发相关的潜在风险。