WHO: Vaccine Alone Won’t End Pandemic – USA

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Gebreyesus, said the vaccine alone would not stop the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic dragged on for months after the outbreak, with infections increasing to more than 54 million and claiming more than 1.3 million lives.

“The vaccine will complement the other tools that we have, it will not replace them,” said CEO Tedros Gebreyesus.

The vaccine alone will not end the pandemic.

Data from the WHO on Saturday shows that 660,905 cases of coronavirus have been reported to the UN health agency, marking a further leap in negative statistics. That number and 645,410 registered on Friday surpassed the previous daily record of 614,013 registered on November 7.

Gebreyesus said the initial supply of the vaccine would be limited, and that “healthcare workers, the elderly and other at-risk populations would be a priority. We hope this will reduce the number of deaths and allow health systems to cope. “.

He cautioned that this would still leave the virus a lot of room to move. Monitoring will have to continue, people will still have to be examined, isolated and cared for, contacts will still have to be monitored, and people will still have to be cared for.