According to the WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Delta variant of the Covid virus which was identified first in India has been found in about a hundred other countries across the world and has become the predominant virus strain across the world. “We are in a dangerous period of the pandemic. Hospitals overcrowding in countries with low vaccination has become the norm”.
He said, no country is out of the woods yet. The delta variant of the virus is dangerous and is continuing to evolve and mutate and hence requires careful adjustment of the public health response.
The Covid-19 virus has cleared about 4 million lives across the world and leaders should work together to get about 70 percent of the world vaccinated as a means to slow the pandemic, saves lives and ensure economic recovery.
According to the Director-General of who, 3 billion doses of the vaccine have been distributed worldwide and only 2 percent accounts for the poorer countries.
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