The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world is facing a severe shortage of vaccines against COVID-19, which has led to inequalities among a number of countries in terms of access to the vaccines.
Representative to Russia, Melita Vujnovic, made the disclosure on Wednesday.
“Of course, the shortage of COVID-19 vaccines across the world is large … the vaccines are available in high-income countries, which leads to serious inequalities,” Vujnovic said live on the Rossiya 24 Channel.
Earlier in January, WHO Chief Tedros Ghebreyesus slammed high-income countries for scooping up COVID-19 vaccines, and called for equitable distribution of the vaccines.
According to Ghebreyesus, although WHO’s vaccine distribution mechanism, COVAX, secured contracts for two billion doses, better-off countries are draining vaccine supplies by making additional bilateral deals.
So far, there are 96, 741, 757 COVID-19 cases, 2, 068, 733 deaths and 69,431, 809 recoveries, globally.
(Sputnik/NAN)
