World Health Organization logoGENEVA, Jan 24 The COVID-19 pandemic is at a critical juncture, but the world has the tools to end this acute phase, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a briefing on Monday. «The COVID-19 pandemic is now in its third year and we are at a critical juncture. We must work together to bring the acute phase this pandemic until the end. We cannot let it drag on further, slipping into panic or neglect. We have all the tools to end the acute phase of this pandemic. But we must use them fairly and wisely,» he said. WHO Director-General reminded that within the framework of the program for the fair distribution of COVAX vaccines, 1 billion doses of vaccines have already been delivered, but the vaccination rates in all countries are still far from ideal. According to him, 34 countries have still not been able to vaccinate 10% of their population, and in 86 countries less than 40% have been vaccinated. In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in the world. The first outbreak of coronavirus was recorded in December 2019 in Wuhan, China.
