The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday the global count of infections from COVID-19 will surpass 300 million in early 2022 if the pandemic continues to move in its current direction. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the real number of cases is “much higher” as there are many unreported ones. He also called for an urgent donation worth $7.7 billion of vaccines and medical supplies for lower-income countries. “We are all in this together. But the world is not acting like it,” Tedros said. Tedros recently commented on the new spikes in infections around the globe by saying that “hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 are being lost.”
Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, warned on Friday that the number of newly registered COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to climb in numerous countries across the globe. Commenting on new coronavirus variants, Dr. Tedros argued there will be more versions of the virus as long as the spreading lasts. “Hard-won gains in fighting COVID-19 are being lost,” he insisted at WHO’s press briefing. Dr. Tedros concluded by reiterating that the WHO’s goal remains to support every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population by the end of the year and 70% by the middle of 2022.