The WHO does not achieve the goal of 40% vaccinated against the coronavirus in all countries this year

The objective of getting 40% of the population in all the countries of the world to be vaccinated against the coronavirus COVID-19 by the end of 2021, set by the World Health Organization (WHO), will not be achieved, since 92 countries will not reach that rate, lamented today the director general of the organization.

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“It was a plausible goal, and not having reached it is not only a moral disgrace, but it has cost many lives and given the virus a chance to spread and mutate,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference.

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Supply problems have been one of the main causes of this failure, he said. TedrosAlthough the Ethiopian also denounced that in many cases the vaccines reached developing countries close to their expiration date, or not accompanied by essential components to administer them, such as syringes.

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In view of the unfulfilled goal, Tedros asked the international community to continue working so that the second goal set is achieved, that of reaching 70% of the population vaccinated against it. COVID-19 in all countries by mid-2022.

“For next year I ask state leaders and the pharmaceutical industry to lead by example when it comes to equality of vaccines”, stressed the CEO.

“It is time to be above short-term nationalisms and protect populations and vaccines against future variants of the coronavirus”, he added, underlining that “ending inequality in the distribution of vaccines is key to ending the pandemic.”

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