“We believe that the data to date do not indicate the need” for the third dose of the anti-Covid vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) made it clear at a press conference, through the words of Soumya Swaminathan, WHO Chief Scientist.
For some time, the UN health agency has pointed out that more than a third dose, it is necessary to aim at equally covering the populations of all the countries of the planet, in particular those with medium and low income which are lagging behind the others in terms of vaccination coverage. Concept remarked yesterday by the general manager Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus – in the usual press briefing from Geneva – while the US announced September 20 as the departure date of the third doses.
“Only 10 countries have administered 75% of the entire supply of vaccines and low-income countries have vaccinated just 2% of their population – urged the DG – I asked for a temporary moratorium on recalls to help shift the supply towards those countries that have not even been able to vaccinate their health workers and communities at risk and are now experiencing significant peaks “of Covid. “The injustice of vaccines is a disgrace to all of humanity and if we don’t tackle it together we will prolong the acute phase of this pandemic for years, when it could end in a matter of months. When the G20 health ministers meet on the 5th. and 6 September in Rome, I will invite them to consider the fragility of this historical moment and to make a clear commitment to solidarity “.
“There is enough vaccine all over the world, but it’s not going to the right places in the right order to save as many lives as possible and prevent as many serious diseases as possible,” added WHO expert Bruce Aylward. The Delta variant of Sars-CoV-2, epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, expert at the head of the WHO technical group for coronavirus, pointed out, “is really circulating in areas with low levels of vaccination coverage and in a context of limited use and inconsistent social and public health measures.