According to a new report of the World Health Organisation (WHO); there could be a global shortage of around two billion next year.
The shortage may come up due to the worldwide COVID-19 vaccine campaigns.
Over 7.25 billion doses have been administered around the globe, as per the AFP.
It is double the number of vaccines usually given in a year.
So, twice as many syringes have been used, eating up huge number of global supplies.
The production needs to ramp up; or the situation may as well lead to hoarding as well as panic buying.
It will also hit the efforts to protect people against several illnesses, the WHO said.
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“We are raising the real concern that we could have a shortage of immunisation syringes; which would in turn lead to serious problems, such as slowing down immunisation efforts.
Depending on how the vaccine uptake goes, it could be a deficit of anywhere from one billion to two billion,” Lisa Hedman; WHO senior advisor to the Division of Access to Medicines and Health Products, told AFP.
Hedman likewise urged countries to plan ahead at a press conference in Geneva.
