The Director-General of the World Health Organization (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has accused “some high-altitude countries” of boycotting the COVAX mechanism, which has as its objective the equitable distribution of COs against vacancies.
“Currently, some high-rise countries are entering into contracts with the manufacturers of the caravan that have agreed that COVAX has vigor and reduce the dose number that COVAX can buy”, has been announced in the press release of these Mondays from Ginebra (Switzerland) ).
Tedros has criticized the fact that money is not the only obstacle when it comes to the more powerful countries to access the vacancies. “If there are no vacancies to buy, the money is irrelevant. Although we have the funds, only we can add the vacancies to the poorest countries and the cooperative countries in the respect of the agreements that COVAX has, and the new ones. agree that it is necessary “, has loaded permanently.
Asia, has indicated that this “is not a matter of curiosity”, meaning of Epidemiology. “If we do not deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in all areas, we will not deal with it in any situation. As long as the virus is circulating, there will be more opportunities to change the way that vacancies are less effective. “Includes high interest rates, interest guarantees that health workers, mayors and other risk groups will be the first to receive vacancies against COVID-19 all over the world,” he said.
To conclude, Tedros pointed out that “more funding is needed, that the countries share the immediate dose, that the manufacturers prioritize contracts with COVAX and also have a significant increase in the production of cars against COVID-19”. “They are developing, approving and producing more vacancies COVID-19. Have enough for all. But now and during the rest of this year, vacancies will be a limited resource. We will use them strategically as we would”, he said.
On the other hand, Tedros has applauded that various countries of the G7 and the European Union are compromising to raise 4,300 million dollars in new funds to finance the equitable distribution of vacancies, diagnostics and therapies for COVID-19. Various countries of the G7 also compromise on sharing doses with COVAX.
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the leaders of the G7 for our contributions. These funds and donations will enable us to pursue our objective of evacuating sanitary workers and mayors in all countries in 20 countries. “The G7 showed its leadership, but we need all the lands of a passing step. To save us a deficit of at least 22,900 million dollars to fully finance this mechanism,” said Tedros.