COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 mn lives in first year - Study

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COVID-19 vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday.

根據(jù)周五發(fā)布的關(guān)于新冠疫苗的首次大型模型研究，新冠疫苗在推出后的第一年里防止了近2000萬(wàn)人死亡。

The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based on data from 185 countries and territories collected from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021. It is the first attempt to estimate the number of deaths prevented directly and indirectly as a result of COVID-19 vaccinations. It found that 19.8 million deaths were prevented out of a potential 31.4 million deaths that would have occurred if no vaccines were available. It was a 63 percent reduction, the study found. The study found that high- and middle-income countries accounted for the largest number of deaths averted, 12.2 million out of 19.8 million, reflecting inequalities in access to vaccines worldwide.

這項(xiàng)發(fā)表在《柳葉刀傳染病》雜志上的研究基于185個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)從2020年12月8日到2021年12月8日收集的數(shù)據(jù)。 這是首次試圖估計(jì)因接種新冠疫苗直接和間接避免死亡的人數(shù)。 研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，如果沒(méi)有疫苗，可能會(huì)有3140萬(wàn)人死亡，而實(shí)際1980萬(wàn)人的死亡得以避免，減少了63%。 研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，高收入和中等收入國(guó)家避免的死亡人數(shù)最多，在1980萬(wàn)例死亡中占1220萬(wàn)例，這反映了全世界在獲得疫苗方面的不平等。

Nearly 600,000 additional deaths could have been prevented if the World Health Organisation's (WHO) goal of vaccinating 40 percent of each country's population by the end of 2021 had been met, it concluded. COVID has officially killed more than 6.3 million people globally, according to the WHO.

報(bào)告總結(jié)稱(chēng)，如果世界衛(wèi)生組織在2021年底前實(shí)現(xiàn)各國(guó)40%人口接種疫苗的目標(biāo)，本可以避免近60萬(wàn)例額外死亡。 根據(jù)世界衛(wèi)生組織的數(shù)據(jù)，COVID已正式導(dǎo)致全球超過(guò)630萬(wàn)人死亡。

But the organisation said last month the real number could be as high as 15 million, when all direct and indirect causes are accounted for.

但該組織上個(gè)月表示，如果把所有直接和間接原因都考慮在內(nèi)，真實(shí)數(shù)字可能高達(dá)1500萬(wàn)。?

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英文鏈接：http://www.dailynews.lk/2022/06/25/world/281642/covid-19-vaccines-saved-20-mn-lives-first-year-study