Syringes may become scarce due to COVID-19 pandemic

Experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted a shortage of special medical

syringes used to vaccinate against coronavirus infection next year.

So, this year more than 6.8 billion were madevaccines against coronavirus. According to the senior adviser to the WHO, Lisa Hedman, this number corresponds to the number of syringes sold - 6 billion pieces per year. She also said that manufacturers around the world need to think about increasing the production of disposable syringes. If the situation remains the same, there will be a shortage of syringes worldwide in 2022, up to two billion.

“The COVID-19 vaccination is not the samea situation in which we can afford to admit lack of something or use some workarounds. The safety of patients and medical personnel is important, ”Hedman warned.

The WHO believes that the shortage of syringes will turn into dangerous consequences - the delay in vaccination of children, as well as the reuse of syringes by poor countries.

Source: WHO