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ECNS App Download Photo taken on March 5, 2021 shows AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX vaccine sharing program being unloaded from a plane at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 percent of the world to end the COVID-19 pandemic. Pledges of doses and funds are welcome but they are not enough. We need at least 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70 percent of the world and end this pandemic, the UN chief told the opening of the ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is the top platform for reviewing the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
July 9, 2021
By Mohammed Lamorde
Dr. Lamorde is an expert on the management of infectious diseases in developing countries. He is the head of the global health security program at the Infectious Diseases Institute at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
Early in the pandemic, Uganda bought itself precious time at great economic cost to protect its people from Covid-19.
There were lockdowns, international travel was restricted, and border screenings were introduced to prevent entry of the coronavirus. Cases of Covid-19 identified at borders or in communities were isolated, and people who had been in contact with those infected were quarantined and checked on by public health authorities.
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Video: The United Nations on Mar. 11, 2021 launches a new global campaign, Only Together, to support its call for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world. (Xinhua)
The campaign, Only Together, stresses the need for coordinated global action to ensure vaccines are accessible in all countries, starting with health-care workers and the most vulnerable.
UNITED NATIONS, March 11 (Xinhua) The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, to support its call for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.