“Countries must work together to ensure worldwide vaccination,” RIA Novosti quoted Gopinat as saying at a press conference.

According to her, without this, it will not be possible to completely overcome the consequences of the pandemic.

In its new report, the IMF improved its forecast for global GDP in 2021 by 0.5 percentage points (to 6%), but warned of uneven recovery of countries after the pandemic.

Earlier it was reported that the IMF revised its forecast for the global economy.