World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus said at a briefing in Geneva that the epidemiological situation associated with the COVID-19 pandemic is worsening.

According to him, today the situation is much worse in those places where there are few doses of vaccines.. But the pandemic has not yet ended anywhere, added the head of WHO.

“Growth was recorded in all [six] WHO regions except one. After 10 weeks of decline, mortality also increased, ”he said..

Gebreyesus noted that the highly infectious "

In his opinion, the vaccine should be sent to low- and middle-income countries through the international mechanism COVAX.

It is noted that next week, WHO and the World Trade Organization will gather leaders from the public and private sectors to discuss shortages and inequalities in access to vaccines and other health products..