WHO pledges to do all it can to “end the pandemic” by 2022

2022 must be the year “where we will end the pandemic”, wished Monday, December 20 the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). Speaking at a press conference at the UN in Geneva (Switzerland), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that, “in the coming year, the WHO is committed to doing everything in its power to end the pandemic”. He also invited to the caution during the end of year celebrations. “We are all sick of this pandemic. We all want to spend time with our families.”, but to better protect them and protect oneself, “it means in some cases to cancel an event”, said the director general of the WHO.

He also once again pleaded for better access to vaccines in disadvantaged countries. “If we are to end the pandemic in the coming year, we must end the inequity [vaccinale] ensuring that 70% of the population of each country is vaccinated by the middle of next year “, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He reiterated that the WHO was not opposed to booster doses, but stressed that they should be reserved for people at risk or over 65 years of age. The head of the WHO thus estimated that countries which administer booster doses to adults or children in perfect health would do better to try to share these doses or to convince unvaccinated people to take the plunge.