Merkel calls for scaling up efforts to distribute vaccines to poor countries

"We must really achieve results," - quotes TASS statement of Merkel, referring to the issue of distribution of anti-coronavirus vaccines.

She added that it is necessary to vaccinate as many people as possible in all states against coronavirus in order "so that the constant appearance of new mutations does not prevent the exit from the pandemic."

The Chancellor noted the importance of the international scientific exchange of data on the coronavirus.

In January, WHO spoke out about the problem of equal access to vaccines against COVID-19.

In June, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the European Union intends to create capacities for the production of vaccines against infectious diseases in Africa and allocate € 1 billion for this purpose.