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Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. “With the latest positive news from vaccine trials, the light at the end of this long, dark canal (tunnel) is getting brighter,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus organized the first of the weekly videoconferencing press conferences at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Expressing satisfaction with the positive news from the Covid-19 vaccine studies, Ghebreyesus cautioned that the speed shown in the development of vaccines must also be shown in terms of their fair distribution.
Ghebreyesus emphasized that no such rapid vaccine has been developed against any epidemic in history, “With the latest positive news from vaccine trials, the light at the end of this long dark channel (tunnel) is getting brighter. Currently , vaccines with other tried and tested public health measures. ” “There is real hope that it will help end the epidemic.”
Noting that scientists have reached a new standard in vaccine development, Ghebreyesus said: “The international community now has to set a new standard of access (for vaccines).”
“WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE”
Answering the question on vaccination studies, chief expert of the WHO scientific delegation. Soumya Swaminathan spoke cautiously about the Covid-19 candidate vaccine developed by the University of Oxford in cooperation with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.
After stating that he was aware of claims that the vaccine in question was effective at a level of 70 percent if administered in a single dose, first half a dose and then 90 percent if administered, Swaminathan said : “I think we should wait to see the efficacy and safety results of this vaccine.” .
Recalling that the AstraZeneca vaccine is currently being tested in 60,000 people in many other countries, Swaminathan noted that they should await future test results to “make more informed decisions.”
“VACCINES WILL STOP THE SUMMER VIRUS”
