stockpile 520 million syringes in its warehouses by the end of this year.The move is to guarantee initial supply and help ensure that syringes arrive in countries before the covid-19 vaccine.
This is because as soon as covid-19 vaccines successfully emerge from trials and are licensed and recommended for use, the world will need as many syringes as doses of vaccine.During 2021, assuming there are enough doses of covid-19 vaccines, UNICEF is anticipating the delivery of over 1 billion syringes to support covid-19 vaccination efforts.