Guterres calls for a "global plan"

The vaccination campaign begins in Japan ... and the number of "Corona" infections has decreased worldwide

A Japanese health worker receives the vaccine.

Reuters

Yesterday, Japan launched a vaccination campaign against "Covid-19", while the World Health Organization indicated a 16% decline in new HIV infections in the world, but at the same time it warned that the crisis is not over yet, and at the time the Secretary-General called For the United Nations, António Guterres, the Group of Twenty to develop a "global plan for vaccination," called on US President Joe Biden to "strike hard" to support the people economically in facing the repercussions of the epidemic with a huge rescue plan worth 1900 billion dollars.

In Japan, medical personnel were the first to receive the vaccine yesterday, following the approval issued Sunday to use the Pfizer / Bionic vaccine in the archipelago.

The minister in charge of distributing vaccines, Taro Kono, said that the vaccination will not be expanded to include elderly people before April at the earliest, and no date has been set for the rest of the people.

On the other hand, while the Japanese authorities repeatedly say that the Olympic Games, which were supposed to be held last summer, will take place in July regardless of the epidemic situation elsewhere in the world, the minister said that he does not take this event into account in organizing the schedule for administering vaccines.

The World Health Organization revealed yesterday evening, figures showing a significant decline in the number of injuries and deaths related to "Covid-19" in the world last week, but it warned that victory has not yet been achieved.

The number of new HIV infections decreased by 16%, to reach 2.7 million, she said.

The number of new deaths recorded also decreased by 10% compared to the previous week, to reach 81 thousand.

Five of the six regions that released data reported a double digit decline in the number of injuries, and only the eastern Mediterranean region recorded an increase of 7%.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that the number of new infections decreased for the fifth week in a row, falling by about half compared to the five million injuries that were recorded in the week of January 4.

He said: "This shows that just public health measures give results, even in light of the spread of mutated copies of the virus."

"What matters now is how we will respond to this trend," he added.

The fire did not die out, we reduced its size.

"If we stop fighting it on any front, it will return with force."

Yesterday, Antonio Guterres called on the Group of Twenty to set up a "global vaccination plan", to ensure that no one is left behind in the fight against the "Covid-19" epidemic, during a session of the Security Council.

He said, "The world desperately needs a global plan for vaccination that brings together everyone who has the ability, scientific experience, and the required productive and financial capabilities."

In the United States, President Joe Biden has defended the economic rescue plan that he wishes to be adopted without waiting for a hypothetical congressional consensus, in the hope of "creating seven million jobs this year."

"It is necessary to spend now, it must be hit hard," asserting that "69% of Americans support my plan!"

And during a forum in which he answered questions asked by citizens.

"The country is not divided to the degree that we are talking about," he added.

As for returning to normal life, he said: "By Christmas, we will be in a completely different situation from the current situation."

For her part, the incoming director of the World Trade Organization, Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iwela, announced in an interview with Agence France-Presse, Tuesday, that the organization must help facilitate the access of poor countries to vaccines against the Coronavirus.

"I think the World Trade Organization can contribute more to solving the (Covid-19) pandemic crisis by helping to facilitate access to vaccines for poor countries," said the Nigerian economist.

She added, "It is in the self-interest of every country that everyone be vaccinated, because no one will be safe unless everyone is safe."

For its part, the European Commission urged member states to avoid closing borders and banning travel in general, such as the measures recently decided by Germany and Belgium to combat mutated versions of the Coronavirus.

Biden has defended the economic rescue plan that he would like to pass without waiting for a hypothetical congressional consensus.

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