WHO: Rich countries have 83% of global COVID-19 vaccines
Health
- 13 May, 2021
- 13:38
Low- and middle-income countries, home to more than half of the world's population, have only 17% of coronavirus vaccines, while the richest countries possess 83%, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday at the Global Research and Innovation Forum in Geneva, Report informs.
The Director-General stressed that WHO is doing everything it can to address inequalities through COVAX and other global initiatives.
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