49% of the world's inhabitants are fully vaccinated against coronavirus
Narrow nationalism and The accumulation of vaccines, according to the head of the organization Tedros Ghebreyesus, is delaying the victory of mankind over COVID-19 and provoking the emergence of new strains, Chronicle.info reports with reference to Focus.
WHO predicts the end of the coronavirus pandemic in 2022 provided that all countries in the world fight the spread of the infection. This is & nbsp; stated & nbsp; in the New Year's address of the head of the organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The head of WHO called on world leaders to abandon & # 171; narrow nationalism & # 187; and the accumulation of vaccines, which, in his opinion, interfere with the fight against the pandemic.
To date, more than 287 million cases of coronavirus infection and 5.5 million deaths from complications caused by COVID-19 have been recorded in the world.
& # 171; Narrow nationalism and the accumulation of vaccines by some countries have undermined justice and created ideal conditions for the emergence of the Omicron variant, and the longer inequality persists, the higher the risk of a virus evolution that we cannot prevent or predict & # 187 ;, — said Gebreyesus in his address.
The head of the World Health Organization predicted the end of the coronavirus pandemic in 2022, provided that the world manages to & # 171; end inequality & # 187 ;.
WHO also announced the main goal for the current year — vaccination of 70% of the world's population by July 2022 to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. As of January 1, only 49% of citizens in the world have completed the full course of immunization against COVID-19 (over 9 billion vaccinations have been made).