United Nations: In the first four days of the current session of the United Nations General Assembly, there was not much discussion on the issue of dealing with the corona virus epidemic amid heated debates on war, climate change and the threat of nuclear weapons. Most of the members who attended the session were not wearing masks. And the members who wore masks had their masks under their chins most of the time. Almost all world leaders in their addresses at the session mentioned the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of a long list of complaints. However, the pandemic was still a key part of the conversation in meetings held on the sidelines of the annual session of the General Assembly.
On Thursday, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, along with World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) executive director Catherine Russell and others, called for equitable access to anti-coronavirus vaccines, testing facilities and treatment. discussed the issue. A day earlier, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield attended a meeting of global leaders regarding the progress made in the war against Covid-19.
Worldwide death toll at lowest level
He had said that the US has provided 62 crore doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccines to 116 countries of the world, but much remains to be done in the direction of fighting the epidemic. At the same time, the WHO chief said in the meeting held on Thursday that since the knock of the epidemic, the death toll in the world has now reached the lowest level and two-thirds of the world’s population has been vaccinated, but a fact remains that There is still a huge gap between rich and poor countries in terms of vaccination rates.
Significantly, only 19 percent of people living in low-income countries have been fully vaccinated, while about 75 percent of the population in high-income countries have been given all initial doses of vaccine. UN Secretary-General Guterres said, ‘To bridge these gaps, it is necessary to stop the propaganda against vaccination, reduce public hesitation, increase the production-distribution of the vaccine and develop new vaccines by identifying new forms of the virus. Let us all do this together. Let us end this pandemic forever.