The highest number of COVID-19 cases so far in the pandemic were reported last week across the globe, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told journalists on Thursday.
In his first briefing of 2022, WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus repeated his longstanding call for vaccine equity and solidarity to defeat the crisis, now reaching into its third year.
“We need #VaccinEquity, treatment equity, test equity and health equity and we need your voices to drive that change.
Equity, equity, equity.”-@DrTedroshttps://t.co/fjxtg9rZQ3
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) January 6, 2022
“The dawn of a new year offers an opportunity to renew our collective response to a shared threat,” he said, speaking from Geneva.
“I hope global leaders who have shown such resolve in protecting their own populations will extend that resolve, to make sure that the whole world is safe and protected.”