Covid Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives in First Year

Nearly 600,000 additional deaths could have been prevented if the WHO's goal of vaccinating 40 percent of every country's population by the end of 2021 had been met TANG CHHIN Sothy AFP

Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday.

The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based on data from 185 countries and territories collected from December 8, 2020 to December 8, 2021.