"In the world, 459 million vaccinations have already been made, but 76% of them are in only ten countries," TASS quoted him as saying at a high-level WHO conference.

Ghebreyesus noted that the success of the COVAX program is at risk due to the demand for vaccines in some high- and middle-income countries.

Earlier, the WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovich commented on the infodemic around the coronavirus infection.