Corona injuries around the world exceed 23.4 million
"Health Organization": 172 countries are cooperating in a global plan for vaccines "Covid-19"
A French nurse takes a nose swab on a patient at a coronavirus test site in Nice. Reuters
Yesterday, the World Health Organization said that about 172 countries are cooperating with the Kovacs facility, which is designed to ensure fairness in obtaining vaccines for "Covid-19" disease, but there is a need for more funding, and countries must now make binding commitments, at a time when the cases of infection with the Coronavirus have exceeded Newcomers around the world 23.4 million.
In detail, WHO officials said that about 172 countries are cooperating with the Kovacs facility to ensure fair access to vaccines for "Covid-19". They added that countries wishing to become part of the Kovacs global plan have until August 31 to present what expresses their interest, With confirmation of intention to join by September 18 and submission of initial payments due by October 9.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the facility is important to end the "Covid-19" pandemic, adding that it will not only divide the risks among the group of countries that develop and buy vaccines, but also ensure that prices are kept "as low as possible."
He added in a press release, “Putting the vaccine on fanaticism only helps the virus. "The success of the Kovacs facility depends not only on the countries that have joined it, but also on filling major financing gaps."
The aim of the Kovacs initiative, which is jointly led by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), the World Health Organization and the Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, is to ensure the fair global availability of Covid-19 vaccines once they are developed and authorized to use them.
The initiative currently covers nine candidate vaccines for "Covid-19", and aims to secure supplies and deliver two billion doses to signatory countries by the end of 2021.
"In principle, when there is a limited supply (of Covid-19 vaccines), it will be important to provide the vaccine to those around the world who are most at risk," Tedros said.
He added that among those workers in the health care sector on the frontlines of the pandemic, who were "extremely important to save lives and the stability of the health system in general."
In New York, aggregate data of Coronavirus cases showed that the total number of infections worldwide exceeded 23.4 million yesterday morning.
The latest data available on the Johns Hopkins University website showed that the total number of injuries exceeded 23,420,000.
It also showed that the number of people recovered exceeded 15.1 million, while the number of deaths exceeded 808,000.
The United States leads the world in terms of the number of cases, followed by Brazil, India, Russia, South Africa, Peru, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Spain, Iran, Argentina, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh.
The United States also leads the world in terms of the number of deaths, followed by Brazil, Mexico, India, the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
The health situation related to the emerging corona virus continues to deteriorate in the world, especially in France and Italy, which fuels fear of a second wave.
For a few days, Italy, where the virus spread widely in March and overburdened its hospital system, has faced a noticeable increase in the number of cases of the disease, especially due to the movement and summer activities of vacationers.
According to the latest official toll published on Sunday, 1,210 new cases of "Covid-19" were recorded in the country within 24 hours. A third of the injuries recorded in the Rome region are related to people returning from holidays on the island of Sardinia.
And in the United States, US President Donald Trump approved, on Sunday evening, the use of plasma from recoverers from the emerging corona virus, to treat people with the epidemic, and its effectiveness is still subject to controversy.
Trump described the announcement as a "historic breakthrough" in the course of treating "Covid-19", which would "save a large number of lives."
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil reached 3.61 million yesterday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.
The data indicated that the number of deaths in Brazil due to the virus has reached 114,744, while 2.95 million people have recovered so far.
In Canada, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus reached 126,817 yesterday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.
• Corona injuries in Brazil reach 3.61 million, and 114,744 deaths.