More than 117 million people have been fighting with Covid-19 as the biggest vaccination campaign is underway. At least 312 million doses have been administered across 115 countries and the latest rate was average 8.08 million doses per day. The countries where the most vaccines were made is the U.S, China and European Union.
In U.S., 92.1 million doses have been given so far. In the last week, an average of 2.17 million doses per day were administered. In China 52.5 million doses and more than 41 million doses were given. The Pfizer and Biontech vaccine which is approved for use in North America, Europe and the Middle East, is one of the most hopeful vaccine with 95 percent efficiency. Also the vaccine of Moderna is nearly 95 percent effective, AstraZeneca and Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine is 70 percent effective, Sinovac-Biotech is 50 percent, Gamelya’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92 percent, and Sinopharm’s vaccine is 79 percent effective.
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Download File: https://iha.news/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ASI.mp4?_=1During his visit to the United Nations in the USA, Prof. Dr. Onur Yaprak, President of the Liver Transplantation Center at Mega Medipol Hospital, stated that no new method for organ transplantation is expected to become available within the next decade.
He said the global rise in obesity-related metabolic syndrome is a leading cause of organ failure, especially liver and kidney failure. Yaprak explained that organ shortages are becoming a major issue, particularly in Türkiye, where cadaver donations remain very low compared to countries like Spain.
According to him, global research into artificial organs, 3D-printed tissues, and interspecies transplants has not yet produced practical results. He said prototype livers and hearts created through 3D printing remain non-functional and that xenotransplantation studies dating back to the 1920s have repeatedly failed.
Yaprak emphasized the importance of preventive health policies, reportedly saying that preventing people from becoming sick is far easier than finding or producing a new organ.
Dilek Kaya
TR