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2020-09-22

WHO: 200 vaccines against Corona are under trial, and we must prepare for the next pandemic!

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The Director of the World Health Organization, "Tedros Ghebreyesus," announced that about 200 anti-coronavirus vaccines are currently in the clinical and pre-clinical trials stage.

"The more vaccines are tested to end the pandemic, the greater the chance of getting a safe and effective vaccine," Ghebreyesus said during a press conference in Geneva.

He added: "We have no guarantee that any one vaccine under development now will be effective, but the history of vaccine development tells us that some will fail and others will succeed."

Ghebreyesus called for justice in treating the infected all over the world, and believed that "the fastest way to eliminate the" Corona "virus and accelerate economic recovery, is to ensure that some people in all countries are vaccinated, rather than all people in some countries only.

The World Health Organization aims to provide two billion doses of the vaccine by the end of 2021, but so far, three billion dollars have been invested in the initiative to accelerate tools to combat the Corona virus, known as "ACT-Accelerator", which represents only a tenth of the 35 billion required to expand the scope and create impact. .

In a message to world leaders on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, Ghebreyesus called for redoubling efforts to reach equitable diagnosis, treatments and vaccines for the "Corona" virus, calling for preparation for the next pandemic, and for making utmost efforts "to ensure equitable access to diagnostics, treatments and vaccines."

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