To date, about 5.5 billion shots of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this at a briefing on Wednesday, Report informs via TASS.
According to Ghebreyesus, 80% of the vaccinations were done in high- and middle-income countries.
He noted that the WHO’s primary goal is that in each country, 10% of the population will be immunized by late September, 40% of the population by the end of the year, and 70% of the population by mid-2022. And while most high-income countries have already hit the 40% target, no low-income country has even hit the 10% target.
According to him, this is not the low-income country’s fault. There is a lot of talk about vaccine equality, but, unfortunately, very little action, he said.
High-income countries have pledged to donate 1 billion doses of vaccines, but so far less than 15% have been donated.