"A shocking imbalance remains in the global distribution of vaccines," the WHO press service quoted him as saying.

Gebreyesus noted that more than 7.3 billion doses of vaccines have been used in the world, but about 70% of this amount went to only ten countries.

Earlier, UN Secretary General António Guterres said that the world needs an international coronavirus vaccination plan so that at least 70% of the population would be vaccinated on Earth in the first half of 2022.