Geneva: The World Health Organization said on Thursday that it needs $23.4 billion ($23.4 billion) over the next 12 months to end the Kovid-19 plan. WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus bluntly told the G20 countries that you should help us by showing leadership and release funds. He said that we cannot leave poor countries alone. Let us tell you that the meeting of G20 countries will be held in Rome, Italy at the end of this week.
Dr. Tedros said, “We need money for the corona vaccine, testing and treatment. With this, about 50 lakh deaths can be prevented in the future. The G20 countries have the political and economic capabilities to take action against this pandemic. We are at a critical moment, decisive leadership is needed to make the world safe.” Access to the WHO-led COVID Tools Accelerator aims to develop, produce, procure and distribute tools to combat the pandemic. The organization said that the $23.4 billion fund is far less than the world’s trillions of dollars in economic losses.
Now is the time to act: WHO
Dr. Tedros said, “Funding the ACT-Accelerator (ACT-A) is essential to a global health security for all of us. Now is the time to take action. So far only 0.4% of the test and 0.5% of vaccine doses have been used in low-income countries, which make up 9% of the world’s population. WHO said that its plan is to target ACT-A to poor countries.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “This disparity is more visible in the African continent, where only 8% of the population has received a single dose of the corona vaccine.” Only 5 African countries out of 54 are projected to meet the WHO’s goal of fully vaccinating 40% of their population by the end of the year.
ACT-A gave birth to the Covax facility, which was designed to ensure that the vaccine reached even poorer countries. Because earlier the prediction was proved correct, in which it was said that rich countries would grab the vaccine production line and poor countries would get nothing. According to the report, so far, Covax has delivered 425 million doses in 144 regions.
booster dose needed
WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the scheme promised to deliver more than a billion donated doses, but only about 15% have actually succeeded. He also said that 62 countries have started giving boosters and other countries are thinking of taking steps on it. Swaminathan said that about one million booster doses were being injected every day, ie three times the number of vaccines being administered in low-income countries.
WHO wants relief on boosters by the end of the year, so that it can be given free to poor countries. The United Nations health agency has authorized six vaccines for emergency use during the pandemic. The organization’s vaccine chief Mariangela Simao said the agency is evaluating eight candidates, including India’s Bharat Biotech, on which it hopes to finalize the process next week.
According to WHO, ACT-A has conducted more than 128 million tests so far. It has also promoted essential oxygen, personal protective equipment and treatment supplies. It also contains about three million doses of dexamethasone.
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