Possible Shortage Of Billions Of Vaccine Syringes Could Cause Serious Problem Who Warns
Speaking during a United Nations briefing, WHO medicines access expert Lisa Hedman said there have been roughly 6.8 billion coronavirus vaccine doses administered this year—almost doubling the number of typical routine vaccines and requiring nearly 2 billion more syringes than were manufactured last year, Reuters reported. Hedman added that if manufacturing priorities are not changed to produce more syringes, the world could see a shortage of the injection needles by 1 billion to 2 billion by next year....