Countries must vaccinate 10% of their population by Sept, says WHO

French President Emmanuel Macron called for the WHO to be empowered to visit countries rapidly in case of outbreaks with potential to spark a pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday as he set new targets for protecting people in the poorest countries.
 
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that no country should assume that it's “out of the woods”, no matter its vaccination rate, as long as the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants spread elsewhere.
 
“The world remains in a very dangerous situation,” Tedros told the opening of the annual assembly of health ministers from its 194 member states.
 
“As of today, more