“World Health”: Corona will end in the middle of this year, so this condition can be fulfilled

Today, Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, said that the acute phase of the Corona epidemic may end this year, provided that about 70% of the world is vaccinated.

"We expect that the acute phase of this epidemic will end this year, of course, in one case, if 70% of vaccination is achieved, by about the middle of this year in June and July," Ghebreyesus said, in press statements in South Africa.

If this is done, the really acute phase could be over, and that's what we expect, it's in our hands, it's not a matter of chance," the WHO chief continued, during his visit to Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, which produced the first mRNA vaccine made in Africa using Moderna sequencing. It's a matter of choice.

He continued: We expect this vaccine to be more suitable for the contexts in which it will be used, with fewer storage restrictions and at a lower price.

And he added: The World Health Organization is committed to supporting the development of local industrialization in Africa and around the world, to increase regional health security.

The vaccine is scheduled to be ready for clinical trials in November, with approval expected in 2024, with Afrigen leading the pilot project, supported by the World Health Organization and the Kovacs Initiative.

Only 11% of Africans have been vaccinated, the lowest rate in the world. Last week, the World Health Organization's Africa office said the continent must raise its vaccination rate sixfold to reach the 70% target.

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