“Vaccines are one of the most powerful tools in the history of public health, and more children are now being immunized than ever before,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
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但是大流行已经将这些成果置于危险之中。
“But the pandemic has put those gainsat risk.
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错过免疫接种的儿童承受的本可避免的痛苦和死亡远远超过COVID-19本身。
The avoidable suffering and death caused by children missing out on routine immunizations could be far greater than COVID-19 itself.
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但情况本可不必如此。
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
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即使在大流行期间，也可以安全地提供疫苗，我们呼吁各国确保这些基本的拯救生命规划继续进行。”
Vaccines can be delivered safely even during the pandemic, and we are calling on countries to ensure these essential life-saving programmes continue.”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 30 measles vaccination campaigns were or are at risk of being cancelled, which could result in further outbreaks in 2020 and beyond.
According to a new UNICEF, WHO and Gavi pulse survey, conducted in collaboration with the US Centers for Disease Control, the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, three quarters of the 82 countries that responded reported COVID-19 related disruptions in their immunization programmes as of May 2020.
Even when services are offered, people are either unable to access them because of reluctance to leave home, transport interruptions, economic hardships, restrictions on movement, or fear of being exposed to people with COVID-19.