WHO = World Health Organization Secretary-General Tedros reiterated that the fair distribution of vaccines should be urgent, with 92 member countries failing to meet the goal of 40% of the population to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus by the end of the year. I did.
WHO has set a goal of 40% of the population in all countries to be vaccinated against the new coronavirus by the end of the year.
Secretary-General Tedros said at a press conference on the 29th that there were 92 unachievable member states.
The reasons
are that the supply to developing countries was limited, the
expiration date of the distributed products was approaching, and the syringes required for inoculation were insufficient.
"The 40% goal should have been achieved," said Tedros, "not only morally shameful, but also giving the virus an opportunity to spread and mutate at the expense of life." Revealed the recognition that it is prolonging the pandemic.
The COVAX Facility, a fair distribution framework led by WHO and others, initially planned to distribute 2 billion doses by the end of the year, but it was possible to distribute due to the worsening infection situation and the delay in donations from developed countries. Has stayed at over 800 million times.
Secretary-General Tedros argued that fair distribution of vaccines should be urgently needed to reach the goal of 70% of the population in all countries of the world by mid-next year.