“I know that many of you are grieving and it is a difficult moment for the world. But I want to be clear: there are green shoots of hope and no matter where the country, region, city, or village is never too late to reverse the outbreak COVID-19” – said Hebraicus at a press conference in the headquarters of the organization in Geneva.
He also urged citizens to abide by the restrictive measures and States to aggressively combat the spread of infection and to follow the example of some countries that have managed to succeed in this: for example, with Rwanda, some island States in the Caribbean sea and the Pacific ocean, and New Zealand. According to the head of the who, the latter is the main global model of how to deal with the coronavirus. Gebreyesus recalled that over the weekend the new Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said 100 days without new revealed “not imported” infections in the country.
In his speech, the head of the international organizations raised the issue of vaccines COVID-19, noting that universal access will require more than $ 100 billion. Even though it sounds like a huge amount, but in fact it is not so big if compare with those ten trillion dollars that the G20 is already allocated for fiscal stimulus to overcome the effects of the pandemic, said the who.
Recall that according to Worldometers, at the moment the number is revealed with the start of the pandemic cases COVID-19 is more than 20 million people. 738 930 patients died, 13 million recovered.
