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Highlights Our world is failing, as the global community we are failing, said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The situation in Africa is so dangerous as the Delta variant spreads globally, said WHO director-general.
Geneva: Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on Friday (June 25, 2021), condemning a global failure.
The situation in Africa, where new infections and deaths jumped by nearly 40% last week compared to the previous week, is so dangerous as the Delta variant spreads globally, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
India remains a country of huge concern: WHO COVID-19 has already cost more than 3.3 million lives and we re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first, Tedros said.
By IANS| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Updated: 15th May 2021 3:13 pm IST Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General
Geneva: India remains hugely concerning, with several states continuing to see a worrying number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General said in a briefing that WHO is responding and has shipped thousands of oxygen concentrators, tents for mobile field hospitals, masks and other medical supplies.