Vaccine Tracker 14 April 2021 - The Bank of East Asia

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Vaccine Tracker 14 April 2021 - The Bank of East Asia
Vaccine Tracker
14 April 2021
Vaccine Tracker 14 April 2021 - The Bank of East Asia
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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