“All countries, especially those with the potential for responsibility, must take concrete actions in the coming days to make more progress,” he was quoted as saying by Interfax.
According to Guterres, at the moment 98 countries have not yet reached the WHO target, and in 40 countries even 10% of the population has not been vaccinated.
He noted the importance of the ongoing efforts to achieve the next WHO goal - to ensure 70% of the vaccination rate of the population by mid-2022.
Earlier, the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarrick said about the insufficient rate of vaccination against coronavirus in the world.
Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told how the end of the COVID-19 pandemic depends.