“We must prepare for the next pandemic by investing in monitoring, early detection and rapid response plans in each country, as well as strengthening the authority of the World Health Organization,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
Guterres also noted the need to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in a fair and equal manner.
Earlier, the UN Secretary General said that the world is far from the task of vaccinating 70% of the world's population against coronavirus by mid-2022.