Marking the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, Secretary-General António Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic “demonstrated how quickly an infectious disease can sweep across the world, push health systems to the brink, and upend daily life for all of humanity.” UNIFEED
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus reminded reporters that that the vast majority of hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 are in “unvaccinated people, not un-boosted people,” and said, “We must be very clear that the vaccines we have remain effective against both the Delta and Omicron variants." WHO
From peacekeeping, to the protection of refugees and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED / FILE
Ahead of the International Migrants Day, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) urgently called on governments and health providers for better access to Covid-19 vaccines for migrants two years into the pandemic. UNTV CH
Secretary-General António Guterres said “COVID-19 is not going away," and stressed that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way.” UNIFEED