“Until we end the (COVID-19) pandemic everywhere, we will not end it anywhere,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Thursday, and called countries to vaccinate at least 10% of the population by the end of September. He on Thursday said that many nations are failing to vaccinate their people. 

The World Health Organisation chief at the virtual India Global Forum said, “Vast inequities in the access to vaccines are fuelling a two-track pandemic. While some countries have reached a high level of coverage, many others don’t have enough to vaccinate health workers, older people and other at-risk groups.”

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As of July 1, 335,716,019 people in India have received at least a single dose of COVID vaccines. 

Globally, the coronavirus has infected over 18.2 crore people and killed nearly 40 lakh, according to Johns Hopkins University. Out of 40 lakh, nearly 400,000 have died in India by the pandemic. India has recorded over 3 crore cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Tedros Adhanom asserted that its a threat to all countries when one nation cannot vaccinate. He called for a global effort to vaccinate at least 10% of the population by September, 40% of the population by every nation to get vaccinated by the end of this year and 70% by the middle of next year. 

“Vaccine equity is not just the right thing to do. It’s the best way to control the pandemic and reboot the global economy,” the WHO chief said.