Geneva-Sana
Today, the World Health Organization again called on rich countries to donate more vaccines against the Corona virus to poor countries instead of giving them to groups at lower risk of infection.
Reuters quoted Abrus Aylward, a consultant to the World Health Organization, as saying that we do not have sufficient confirmed quantities of vaccines from a sufficient number of countries, as required to put the world on the path out of the Corona epidemic, warning that “failure will be our fate if we do not obtain vaccine doses at an early and appropriate time.” .
He considered that the disruption in the export of Indian vaccines and the delay in obtaining other vaccines mean that the global Kovacs program to provide vaccines to the world suffers from a shortage of about 200 million doses.
Aylward warned of the danger of the lack of vaccines available during the months of June and July, stressing that this matter threatens the effectiveness of vaccination campaigns in the world.
So far, rich countries have donated 150 million doses through the Kovacs program to provide vaccines to poor countries, as Aylward pointed out the need for double this amount, which must be provided earlier.
He explained that even after this week's summit in which the health ministers of the Group of Seven major countries meet in Britain, where pledges of an additional $2.4 billion will be made, there is still a funding gap of approximately $ 17 billion in the World Health Organization's Pandemic Accelerator Programme, which is aimed at strengthening the Get vaccinations, treatment, and diagnosis.
