Want to See Covid-19 Vaccination in All Countries Within 100 Days, Says WHO

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (File photo)

“I want to see vaccination under way in every country in the next 100 days so that health workers and those at high risk are protected first,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in Geneva.

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  • Last Updated: January 15, 2021, 23:24 IST
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The World Health Organization’s director-general said Friday he wanted Covid-19 vaccination campaigns taking place in every nation across the globe within the next 100 days.

“I want to see vaccination under way in every country in the next 100 days so that health workers and those at high risk are protected first,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in Geneva.

Meanwhile, European governments said the credibility of their vaccination programmes was at risk on Friday after U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer announced a temporary slowdown of deliveries of its COVID-19 vaccines.

Shots developed by Pfizer with its German partner BioNTech began being delivered in…

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