Public Health Perspectives as the COVID-19 Vaccines Enter Production and Distribution Phases

Abstract

One of the high points in a year marred by the COVID-19 pandemic is the news of the COVID-19 vaccine becoming available to the world [1]. Already, more than a million deaths have been recorded due to the COVID-19 virus and its severe complications [2]. Many world regions are having to create programs to cater to the long-term sequelae of severe COVID-19 manifestations in other individuals, described by the term ‘Long COVID’ in the United Kingdom [3]. The socio-economic impact of this pandemic on life around the world continues to be alluded to [4]. While the COVID-19 vaccines’ potentials are being celebrated, corollaries can be made to other public health concerns worth shedding light on.