Figure 1. Emerging Chain for the Covid-19 vaccine
Commercial chain: Although many countries work together to
discover a vaccine, this vaccine is not guaranteed to be free in its
entirety, either because it is very expensive to make for
laboratories, or because it is simply not a cure but a pain reliever
that reduces symptoms of the virus just like the current flu.Figure 2 shows how the supply chain increases its phases to a
total of 5, unlike the emerging chain, where each one corresponds to
the work of a different actor (A: Laboratories, B: suppliers, C: drug
stores, D: hospitals, E: patients) where the chain highlights the
importance of monitoring each phase and its corresponding
distribution.