While in developed countries, citizens are already the third vaccination from Coronavirus, only five percent of residents are completely vaccinated in Africa. The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Antony Guterry, drew attention to this, RIA Novosti reports.
Secretary-General called the lack of vaccine from COVID-19 in African countries shame for the whole world. “This terrifying milestone reminds us that we tolerate defeat in most of the planet,” he concluded.
Guterrish called on the international community to support the global vaccination strategy declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). He recalled the world leaders about the need to act quickly, eliminate gaps in financing and coordinate actions for the successful fight against the pandemic. “Error – think that the pandemic is over,” he stressed.
Earlier, John Hopkins University said that the total number of victims of the coronavirus pandemic in the world exceeded five million. According to the university, in the world, more than 246 million people are currently infected with the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, according to TASS estimates, the number of vaccinations from coronavirus around the world exceeded seven billion.