Stark warning from the Director General of the WHO.
- heathermason
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min read
Shameful disparities highlighted by the Director General of the WHO.
In a press briefing today, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reminded us that in January, he spoke about the potential unfolding of a moral catastrophe. Now he states that unfortunately, we are now witnessing this play out.
"COVID-19 has already cost more than 3.3 million lives and we’re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first".
"I understand why some countries want to vaccinate their children and adolescents, but right now I urge them to reconsider and to instead donate vaccines to COVAX. Because in low and lower-middle income countries, vaccine supply has not been enough to even immunise health and care workers, and hospitals are being inundated with people that need lifesaving care urgently".
At present, only 0.3% of vaccine supply is going to low-income countries."
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