Global failure to share vaccines equitably impacting world’s most susceptible nations: WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros on Friday identified the “global failure to share vaccines equitably”, saying that it’s “fuelling a “two-track Covid-19 pandemic”, taking a toll on some of world’s most vulnerable countries. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (File photo: Reuters)The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said that “international failure to share vaccines equitably” is fuelling a “two-track” Covid-19 pandemic, impacting some of world’s most vulnerable countries.Taking up the issue of global disparities in distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, WHO said that countries like India and Nepal have suffered because of less doses of the vaccine.”Our international targets are to vaccinate at the very least 10 per cent of the inhabitants of each nation by September, at the very least 40 per cent by the tip of the 12 months, and 70 per cent by the center of subsequent 12 months. These are the vital milestones we should attain collectively to finish the Covid-19 pandemic,” WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.ALSO READ | The great gender divide: Indian men grab lion’s share of Covid-19 jabHe went on to say that more than half of all high upper-middle-income countries and economies have by now administered enough doses to fully vaccinate at least 20 per cent of their populations, while just three out of 79 low- and lower-middle-income countries have reached the same level.Earlier this week, the Group of Seven leaders (G-7) aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises Sunday, including vaccinating the world against coronavirus.The G-7 vowed to share vaccine doses with less well-off nations that urgently need them. UK PM Boris Johnson said the group would pledge at least 1 billion doses, with half of that coming from the United States and 100 million from Britain.While WHO Director-General Tedros commended the vaccine pledge, he also said that it was “not sufficient”.To actually finish the pandemic, he mentioned, 11 billion doses are wanted to vaccinate at the very least 70 per cent of the world’s inhabitants by mid-2022.“We need more and we need them faster,” Tedros mentioned.(With company inputs)Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.