Vaccine Tracker 14 April 2021 - The Bank of East Asia
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Covid-19 had a US$7 trillion impact in 2020 but the efficacy and rate of vaccination could be the game changer Global Economic Impact of COVID-19 General Government Debt (Percent of GDP) 120,000 140 World War II Global 123.9% 110,000 120 124.1% Financial Global economic size Crisis 100,000 (forecast in Oct 2019) 100 US$ billion Advanced 80 90,000 economies 62.5% 60 80,000 46.9% Global economic size (forecast in Oct 2020) 40 70,000 20 Emerging market 60,000 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 economies 0 Source: IMF 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Source: IMF Economic cost: Unprecedented stimulus leaves countries more US$7 trillion (7.8%) of global 2020 GDP indebted than at any point in modern history. US$23.5 trillion over 2020-24
Six vaccine front runners but more in pipeline Developer Reported Doses Production Price per Storage Status efficacy rate required in 2021 dose, US$ requirement Pfizer-BioNTech 95% 2 Up to 2 bn 19.5 -75oC Approved: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland. (2-8oC: 5 days) Emergency use: US, EU & others Moderna 94.1% 2 600m – 1 bn 32-37 -20oC Approved: Switzerland (2-8oC: 30 days) Emergency use: US, UK, EU, others. AstraZeneca / 70% 2 3bn 1.5-4 2-8oC Approved in Brazil Oxford Emergency use: UK, EU, others Stop using in Denmark Sinopharm 79% 2 1 bn
Messy early start to vaccination Share of population receiving at least one dose of Covid-19 Vaccines Speed of vaccination: developed vs developing 70% Country Doses Doses per 1+ dose Fully Israel, 61.6% administered 100 people per 100 vaccinated 60% (million) people 50% US 192.3 57.4 36.1 22.9 UK, 47.5% 40% China 175.6 12.2 -- -- US, 36.1% Bahrain, EU 101.1 22.6 16.4 6.2 30% 33.4% UK 40.1 59.1 47.5 11.6 20% EU, 16.4% Israel 10.3 118.9 61.6 57.2 10% UAE 9.3 93.9 -- -- 0% 16-Dec 31-Dec 15-Jan 30-Jan 14-Feb 01-Mar 16-Mar 31-Mar World 825.1 10.6 5.9 2.3 Source: Our World in Data (data as at 14 Apr 2021) Source: Bloomberg (data as at 14 April 2021) More than 832.9 million doses have been administered around Speed depends on a number of factors, including logistics, # the world (≈ 18 million doses / day) of healthcare practitioners, vaccination centres
Vaccine skepticism a key concern 73 COVID-19 Vaccine acceptance across various countries/regions (%) 70 69 68 64 63 61 60 Accept Reject Don't know 55 54 53 51 50 47 48 44 37 34 31 31 28 29 28 28 25 26 25 26 26 24 21 23 21 23 21 20 19 19 20 20 18 17 18 15 15 16 15 15 13 11 10 SWEDEN ITALY MAINLAND CHINA UK US SINGAPORE SPAIN UAE HONG KONG GERMANY DENMARK INDIA FRANCE AUSTRALIA POLAND INDONESIA MEXICO Note: The suvery was conducted between 7th-20th December, 2020 with the question "If or when a COVID-19 vaccines becomes available, will you get yourself vaccinated?". Sources: Reuters, YouGov In Britain & Denmark, a respective 73% & 70% of people said they would get vaccinated. But the ratio was less than 50% in the US, Germany; and less than 30% in France and Poland.
Vaccination alone may not reduce infection rate Israel: COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rate World: COVID-19 Cases and Vaccination Rate 800,000 60% 9,000 Daily new cases 70% Daily new cases 61.6% 700,000 8,000 60% 50% 7,000 600,000 50% 40% 6,000 500,000 Vaccination rate 5,000 (per 100 population) 40% 400,000 30% 4,000 30% 300,000 20% 3,000 20% 200,000 Vaccination rate (100 2,000 population) 10% 1,000 10% 100,000 5.9% 0 0% 0 0% Nov-20 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Apr-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Sources: Bloomberg; Our World in Data (data as at 14 Apr 2020) Source: Bloomberg (Data as at 14 Apr 2020) Remark: The new Covid-19 cases are in 7-day rolling average Remark: The new Covid-19 cases are in 7-day rolling average Even vaccination goes as fast as Israel, its infection rate was still elevated until the vaccination rate goes high enough. A single dose is providing less protection; while Israel is facing a bottleneck in vaccination rate. Danger: a high vaccination rate may draw false sense of security and people may become lax in social distancing.
Years before the world returns to normal Scenario Bear Case Base Case Optimistic Case Speed of vaccination in a month (% of population 1% 1.2% 5% inoculated with 2 doses) Vaccine efficacy Vaccine coverage of total Time required for herd immunity (months) rate population required 95% 63% 63 53 13 90% 67% 67 56 13 80% 75% 75 63 15 70% 86% 86 71 17 60% 100% 100 83 20 Assumptions: Covid-19 reproduction rate = 2.5 Herd immunity threshold = 60% of population (Before lockdowns in most countries, the reproduction rate is between 2.5 to 3.5) Duration of vaccine immunity = life-long protection US & UK may reach herd immunity within a year, but it can take about 5 years for the world, and it is very probable that it will take longer…
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