UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres was vaccinated against coronavirus. He announced this in his Twitter -account.
“I am happy and grateful to receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today. We must work to ensure that the vaccine is available to everyone, everywhere,” he said. During a pandemic, no one can feel safe until everyone is safe, he said.
Earlier, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke about the importance of the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. He stressed that the Russian vaccine is a very generous offer for the UN. According to the Secretary General, “Sputnik V” can be used in UN missions in the most vulnerable areas where peacekeeping operations are conducted. Guterres hopes the drug will play an important role in this area.
According to the American Johns Hopkins University, since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 101.2 million people have become infected with the coronavirus in the world, more than 2.1 million have died. In the United States, more than 25.7 million cases of infection were detected, more than 431 thousand deaths were recorded.