"We need an immediate cash injection of $ 8 billion to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, and we call on the G20 to help us with this," TASS quotes him in a video message at the World Health Summit 2021.
Guterres noted that humanity must create a modern and well-funded architecture for preparedness for future pandemics.
Earlier, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that more than 80 states are at risk of failing to cope with the organization's task to ensure coverage of at least 40% of the population with vaccines against coronavirus infection by the end of this year.