Chapter World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Ghebreyesus warned of the risk that the poor will not be able to get the coronavirus vaccinereports Reuters .
According to him, there is now a huge risk that the poorest and most vulnerable people “will be trampled in the pursuit of the vaccine.” According to the head of WHO, the authorities of all states should fairly distribute the vaccine among their citizens.
Ghebreyesus noted that $ 43 billion is urgently needed to achieve the objectives of the ACT-Accelerator, an international initiative aimed at ensuring universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, therapies and tests.
On November 16, WHO Chief Researcher Sumya Swaminathan named the expected delivery date vaccines against coronavirus. The organization hopes that limited supplies will begin in the first half of 2021. According to her, now the main goal of the organization is to ensure access to the vaccine for people at risk, especially for healthcare workers.