The Covid-19 virus will only end with this...
The Covid-19 virus will only end with this...
The Covid-19 virus will only end with this...
As the second annual approaching, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, considered that the Covid-19 epidemic will end when the world chooses to eliminate it, noting that this matter is at hand in light of the availability of all tools to combat the virus, and renewed his call for a more equitable distribution of vaccines. .
in detail, The UN official considered at a conference in Berlin, on Sunday, that the epidemic will end when the world chooses to eliminate it, stressing that the matter is within our reach, and we have all the tools we need.
He also expressed his regret that the world has not used these tools wisely so far, stressing that the epidemic is not over yet, with about 50 deaths recorded per week around the world, as he put it.
The comments came at the opening of the World Health Summit, an annual event that brings together professionals and politicians in Berlin.
Vaccine stockpiling dilemma
The organization also set a goal to vaccinate 40% of the population of each country by the end of the year and 70% by the middle of 2022. While Tedros repeatedly lamented that rich countries stockpiled vaccines against Covid.
He added that the goal is achievable if only the countries and companies that control the supply translate their statements into actions, according to what he said.
He added that the countries that have already reached the 40% target, including all GXNUMX countries, should make way for the delivery of vaccines to the international Kovacs Mechanism and the African Vaccine Acquisition Fund established by the African Union.
As for vaccine manufacturers, he felt that they should share knowledge, technology and licenses, as well as give up intellectual property rights.
The United Nations is sorry.
It is reported that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, considered in a video message that the victory of vaccines, which were developed and brought to market in record time, was thwarted by the tragedy of unequal distribution.
"Nationalism and the hoarding of vaccines put us all at risk," he lamented.
In addition, the World Health Organization recently stressed the importance of the vaccine reaching all people on Earth, warning of the consequences of not reaching some poor countries.