World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged nations to vaccinate at least 10% of the population by September, asserting that failure to vaccinate in some countries will impact all countries globally. He warned that “until we end the pandemic everywhere, we will not end it anywhere.”
Ghebreyesus added that by the end of 2021 nations should vaccinate at least 40% of their population, ramping it up to cover at least 70% by the middle of next year, reported news agency PTI.
Ghebreyesus said unequal access to vaccines is fuelling a two-track pandemic, where certain countries have achieved high levels of vaccine coverage and others do not have access to enough vaccines, and are failing to inoculate their first responders.
Vast inequities in the access to vaccines are fuelling a two-track pandemic. While some countries have reached a high level of coverage, many others don’t have enough to vaccinate health workers, older people & other at-risk groups,” WHO director general said at the virtual India Global Forum.
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