COVID-19 fallout for ‘decades to come’: UN chief
4, December 2020" [File:Susana Vera/Reuters
Antonio Guterres said ‘when countries go in their own direction, the virus goes in every direction’.
More than 180 countries have joined Covax, a global collaboration working with manufacturers to distribute vaccines equitably ]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday the world could be fighting the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic for decades to come even if vaccines are quickly approved.
Guterres – speaking at the UN General Assembly’s first-ever session on the coronavirus pandemic – hailed the quick scientific progress but cautioned that vaccination was not a panacea for the ills affecting the planet.
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