China News Service, October 8th. According to the "Central News Agency" report, on the 7th local time, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres stated that it is both immoral and stupid for rich countries to occupy the new crown vaccine. He pointed out that the poor countries are not allowed to obtain the vaccine. It may also damage the epidemic prevention work of the rich countries themselves.
According to reports, on the same day, Guterres delivered a speech at a press conference hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).
The WHO stated that countries with a full vaccination coverage rate of more than 40% have made too little contribution to preventing the new crown epidemic crisis. They should ensure that the vaccine is distributed to countries that are still exposed to the risk of the virus.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO originally hoped that every country would have a 10% full vaccination coverage rate by the end of September, but 56 countries did not reach the target. "It is not their fault."
Guterres also pointed out: “The uneven distribution of vaccines is like helping the spread of the new crown epidemic like wildfire.” He said: “This will allow the virus variants to grow and spread wantonly, which may cost millions of people around the world. The prolonged economic downturn may cause trillions of dollars in losses."
Guterres said that if the virus spreads in areas with low vaccination rates, there is a greater chance of the mutant strains appearing, and they may also become resistant to the vaccine.
"Developed countries are striving to spread the coverage rate to all the people, once, twice, and three times. All efforts will be wiped out, and the people will not be protected."
Guterres said, “Therefore, uneven distribution of vaccines is not only an unethical issue, but also stupid.”
On the same day, Guterres and Tan Desai jointly launched a global new crown vaccination strategy to achieve the new crown vaccination for about 40% of the population of all countries by the end of 2021, and the proportion of the population vaccinated to 70% by the middle of 2022 Target.