GENEVA—The worst of the coronavirus pandemic—deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns—could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly. Read more:
GENEVA—The worst of the coronavirus pandemic—deaths, hospitalizations and lockdowns—could be over this year if huge inequities in vaccinations and medicines are addressed quickly, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
WHO has slammed the imbalance in Covid-19 vaccinations between rich and poor countries as a catastrophic moral failure. Fewer than 10 percent of people in lower-income countries have received even one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. Ryan also waded into the growing debate about whether Covid-19 should be considered endemic, a label some countries like Spain have called for to better help live with the virus, or still a pandemic—involving intensified measures that many countries have taken to fight the spread.
Fellow panelist Gabriela Bucher, executive director of the anti-poverty organization Oxfam International, cited the “enormous urgency” of fairer distribution of vaccines and the need for large-scale production. She said resources to fight the pandemic were being “hoarded by a few companies and a few shareholders.”
The comments came on the second day of the online alternative to the annual World Economic Forum gathering, which was postponed over pandemic health concerns. Citing advanced research in Israel, Bennett said, “We want to be first in the world to know how vaccines and the new variants respond to one another.”
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