Nearly 3m more lives could be saved in next pandemic if vaccines are shared more fairly, says report

A young boy in Nairobi reads an informational mural warning people about the risk of Covid, April 2020./Getty Images A young boy in Nairobi reads an informational mural warning people about the risk of Covid, April 2020./Getty Images Flu pandemic Nearly 3m more lives could be saved in next pandemic if vaccines are shared more fairly, says report Move would mean deaths would rise in wealthier nations, according to NUS-Lancet Prime commission – which modelled a response to a flu pandemic based on population size, not purchasing power

Prefer the Guardian on Google An extra 2.7 million lives could be saved in the next pandemic if countries share vaccines in a less selfish way, a new study has found – although the death toll in richer countries would rise.

Researchers modelling a hypothetical global outbreak of flu found that fast-tracking vaccine development could cut deaths from 58.5m to 23.9m.