A virus that circulates faster than vaccines, insufficient G7 promises, poor international financial support … WHO called on Monday for great solidarity to eradicate the pandemic. At their summit this weekend in England, the leaders of the G7 announced the donation of 1 billion doses – of 870 million doses to which are added the commitments made since February – either in kind or in the form of financial assistance to the Covax international distribution system.
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More, faster
«We need more, and faster. More than 10,000 people die every day. (…) These communities need vaccines, and they need them now, not next year!»Hammered the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a press conference. “Right now, the virus is moving faster than the global vaccine distribution», He lamented.
If a part of the population of the rich countries returns to a normal life thanks to vaccination, progress is still fragile in the less privileged countries, largely deprived of serums. Covax delivered more than 85 million doses to 131 countries and territories as of June 14, far fewer than expected. WHO wants at least 70% of the world’s population to be vaccinated by the next G7 meeting in Germany next year.
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