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NAIROBI. KAZINFORM Most households in Africa received no support despite many African governments introducing measures such as cash transfers and food assistance programs to combat rising poverty and hunger brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global rights group said on Tuesday.
WHO: ‘Unrealistic’ to Think Coronavirus Pandemic Will End in 2021
Dr. Michael Ryan, director of the WHO’s emergencies program, says the world’s singular focus should be to keep coronavirus infections and related deaths at the lowest possible levels.
It is “premature” and “unrealistic” to believe that the yearlong coronavirus pandemic will suddenly end by 2022, according to a senior World Health Organization official.
Dr. Michael Ryan, director of the WHO’s emergencies program, contended that the world’s singular focus should be to keep coronavirus infections and related deaths at the lowest possible levels.
“I think it will be very premature and I think unrealistic to think that we’re going to finish with this virus by the end of the year,” he said in a Monday WHO media briefing.
Ghana Becomes First Country to Receive COVAX Vaccines
Another ninety countries and eight territories have agreed to pay if they choose to receive vaccines via COVAX, which aims to deliver close to two billion doses of coronavirus vaccines around the world this year.
The world’s first COVAX Facility shipment has landed in Ghana, providing the West African nation with six hundred thousand potentially life-saving doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.
According to Ghana’s Information Ministry, the initial vaccine doses already have been prioritized for frontline medical workers, people over age sixty, and those with preexisting health conditions. The mass vaccination campaign will launch on March 2.