Geneva, Feb 19, (dpa/GNA) – UN health chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed that major economies of the G7 group are stepping up their support for the global Covax scheme that secures Covid-19 vaccines for poorer countries.
“Without global solidarity this virus cannot be defeated,” the World Health Organization (WHO) leader told the Munich Security Conference via videolink from Geneva.
Leaving poorer countries without immunization will allow the coronavirus to mutate, and vaccines will become less effective, Tedros said.
“We could end up back at square one,” the WHO chief warned.
GNA