His speech at the opening of the 74th session of WHO was broadcast on Twitter.
“While the reporting is not yet complete, we believe that at least 115,000 health workers paid the highest price to protect others,” Gebreyesus said.
At the beginning of the year, the WHO noted that Russian doctors are performing their medical duties in an exemplary manner in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
URA.RU also reported that a place was found in Chelyabinsk to erect a monument to doctors who died while fulfilling their professional duty in the fight against coronavirus.