People wait for their turn to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Beijing. Photo: AP According to CNBC, within just 5 days of May, China injected 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its people. Health officials hope to be able to vaccinate 80% of its 1.4 billion population by the end of 2021. As of June 2, China has injected a total of over 704 million doses of vaccine, of which half were administered in May. The total number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine that China has given to the population accounts for about one-third in one. ,9 billion doses of vaccine are distributed globally. The call to vaccinate is from all walks of life. Companies inject workers, schools urge students and teachers to immunize, local authorities urge people to vaccinate. According to Our World in Data, in 7 days, China is injecting an average of 19 million doses per day. With a population a quarter of China’s, the US only injected 3.4 million doses / day in April – when the vaccination campaign was operating at full speed. A medical worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Shanghai, China. Photo: THX/VNA On May 30, Zhong Nanshan, the head of an expert group of the National Health Commission of China, said that 40% of the Chinese population has been vaccinated with at least one dose, and the government’s goal is to fully immunize all patients. this number at the end of June. In the capital Beijing, 87% of people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccination in Beijing is easy because there are hundreds of vaccination service points throughout the city. Vaccination buses are parked right in crowded areas such as city centers and commercial centers. However, vaccination in other areas is not as easy as in the capital. Ms. Zhou Hongxia, a resident of Lanzhou, Gansu province, said: “I started waiting in line for the injection at 9am and didn’t get the injection until 6pm. It’s tiring. When I returned, there were still people waiting.” Ms. Zhou’s husband couldn’t even schedule a vaccination. On May 31, government officials said they were working to ensure the supply of COVID-19 vaccine is distributed more evenly. Not only focusing on inoculating people in the country, China also injects its citizens abroad when donating vaccines to Thailand, part of which is used to vaccinate the Chinese before giving them to Thai people. Globally, China has injected more than 500,000 citizens abroad. Before the domestic vaccination campaign accelerated in recent weeks, many Chinese people were in no hurry to get vaccinated because China had almost no cases in the community thanks to tight border controls and mandatory isolation. Recently, China has appeared many small clusters of infection and is suppressing the cluster in Guangzhou. According to analysts, despite the uneven distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, Chinese manufacturers have hardly had problems with the scale of production. Both companies that produce most of the COVID-19 vaccines being used in China, Sinovac and Sinopharm, have drastically increased production, built new factories and converted existing factories to produce COVID-19 vaccines. . Vaccines of Sinovac Biotech (China) at a vaccination center in Bangkok, Thailand on May 12, 2021. Photo: THX/VNA Vaccines from Sinovac and one from Sinopharm have been approved for emergency use by the World Health Organization. “Where in the world can match China in terms of construction speed? How long does it take China to build field hospitals? Just a few days.” Sinovac said it has doubled production capacity to 2 billion doses/year, while Sinopharm said it can produce 3 billion doses/year. From the beginning of the year to the end of May, Sinovac produced 540 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Government support is crucial for vaccine manufacturers at every stage. Sinopharm said that right from the start of the vaccine research, it had borrowed a laboratory at a government research center. Chinese vaccine companies largely do not depend on imported products in the production process, so the scenario of shortage of raw materials and ingredients like the Serum Institute in India should be avoided. As of June 4, China had 91,194 cases of COVID-19, of which 4,636 died.

In the statement, the WHO’s independent expert panel recommended that Sinovac be given to adults over 18 years of age, with a second dose initiated every 2-4 weeks. There is no age limit for this vaccine, as data shows it is likely to protect older adults. This is the second Chinese vaccine approved by the WHO for emergency use – after the Sinopharm vaccine approved in early May. Covid-19 vaccine box manufactured by Sinovac pharmaceutical company. Photo: Anadolu Agency. A third Chinese vaccine, manufactured by CanSino Biologics, has submitted clinical trial data, but WHO has not scheduled a review. Sinovac said it had delivered more than 600 million doses of the vaccine at home and abroad as of the end of May, of which more than 430 million had been administered. In addition, China has deployed hundreds of millions of doses of its own vaccines – including Sinopharm and Sinovac – to many countries, especially in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Many of these countries have difficulty finding a vaccine developed by the West.

Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine is given to people in Dubai, UAE on February 28, 2021. Photo: AFP/VNA According to the above official, Big Data technology will help UAE health authorities control the COVID-19 pandemic more effectively. In the future, the country will have more “digital” hospitals so that people can access telemedicine solutions more often. AlAjme expert affirmed that the UAE has enough modern infrastructure to provide the best healthcare services. This is in line with the UAE government’s Information Technology Strategy 2021 and the National Innovation Strategy, which focuses on efforts to make the UAE a fully “digital” country. In addition, the “UAE Vision” plan also focuses on applying cloud computing to create positive changes in the healthcare sector. The UAE currently has two laws in place regarding healthcare providers. The first is the Law on Health Information Technology, which regulates the use of technology in healthcare. The second is the law on medical examination and treatment processes and procedures for parties building telemedicine systems. In fact, high-tech infrastructure and the development of the health sector are the “backbone” of the UAE in the current fight against COVID-19. Decisions about distributing preventive vaccines, opening field hospitals or building isolation areas are all based on digitized real data. Last year, the UAE Ministry of Health also implemented the Tatmeen digital platform to secure the supply chain in the healthcare industry. This platform helps to track medical products in the supply chain, helps promote transparency, prevents unauthorized or expired products.

Dubai has many attractive policies to attract wealthy expats. (Photo: AP) He said he had no way back. The businessman’s super-rich foreign friends did the same, sending sales of luxury properties in Dubai skyrocketing. “In Dubai there is only one strategy: do business as usual. The philosophy is simple: Make sure everyone is vaccinated and everything is open. Of course that appeals to me,” Reech, president of a series of real estate and fintech companies, told the AP. As vaccines are being distributed unevenly around the world, disease outbreaks have prompted many countries to extend their lockdowns. As a result, the number of foreign visitors to the luxury real estate market in Dubai skyrocketed. It’s the few places in the world where they can go out to dinner, shop, and meet face-to-face to discuss business. Soaring demand caused the price of villas and townhouses here also to increase rapidly, with 230% in the first quarter of this year. Prices in some first-class areas have increased by as much as 40%, according to Property Finder, one of Dubai’s largest real estate websites. Up to 90 properties worth $2.7 million/unit were changed hands in April, while the whole year of 2020 there were only 54 similar transactions. Many people take advantage of investment to sell for profit. Analysts say this trend will continue until prices get too high and profits dwindle. Low bank interest rates and families’ desire for more space have led many wealthy people in big cities like New York and Paris to look for suburban mansions. But there are other compelling elements in the home of long-haul airline Emirates and the world’s tallest tower. Since reopening to visitors last summer, Dubai is establishing itself as an attractive tourist destination for visitors amid the pandemic. Without mandatory quarantine for many days, foreign tourists are allowed to party in bustling bars and beaches, take selfies at Dubai resorts, while many helicopters are ready to serve their needs. request to return home. The influx of tourists contributed to the outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Dubai in January this year, prompting the British government to decide to postpone flights here. But the UAE, with its young population and low mortality rate, has endured relatively well during the pandemic. This country of 9 million people has used 10.6 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, mainly from Sinopharm. This global financial hub is seen as an oasis in the volatile Middle East. Dubai benefited from the wave of capital flight. Homeowners in the Palm Jumeirah area, which saw a 43 percent increase in transactions in April, are home to Afghan warlords and political elites from countries like Nigeria, Syria and Lebanon. They all want to find a safe place to keep their money. Now, a large portion of the wealthy clientele of this man-made archipelago and Dubai’s luxury villas come from Europe, India, China and Russia, who are looking for a better life. in an epidemic situation. In March, the Palm archipelago saw an expensive home sale, when a Swiss family bought the city’s second most expensive beachfront villa for $ 30.2 million. Last month, a European family bought their third most expensive home for $28.6 million. Although there are many questions about the effectiveness of the Sinopharm vaccine, Dubai allows people to choose, including the Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines. In order to be vaccinated, residents need a residence visa – something the city government readily grants to investors and luxury home buyers. Considering buying land in Dubai to build his dream home, Reech ordered the Pfizer vaccine shortly after being granted citizenship. In England, he said he had to wait four months for his turn. Many other initiatives are being taken by Dubai to attract wealthy expats, such as remote work visas, retirement visas, and renewable “golden” visas. To build the image of a cosmopolitan city, the UAE also revised its strict Islamic law to allow unmarried couples to live together and allow non-locals to apply foreign laws on divorce and inheritance.