Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, speaks at a briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, on August 4, 2021. “Even while hundreds of millions of people are still waiting for their first dose, some rich countries are moving towards booster doses,” added Tedros. When his challenge was issued, high income countries had administered around 50 doses for every 100 people, Tedros said. Since then, the number has doubled, with high income countries having now administered almost 100 doses for every 100 people, while low income countries have been able to administer 1.5 doses for every 100 people due to lack of supply. “We need an urgent reversal from the majority of vaccines going to high income countries to the majority going to low income countries,” Tedros said.

Source: CNN August 04, 2021 15:11 UTC