The “zero COVID” policy that Chinese authorities are applying in the face of the latest spike in cases is not sustainable given current knowledge about the coronavirus, said the director of the World Health Organization (WHO). “There are no specific data to justify recommending the fourth dose more broadly.”The priority, he insisted, is to get the vaccines to those who have not yet received the first doses. World Summit on COVID-19UNICEF/Dhiraj Singh Employees working on the production line for a COVID-19 vaccine in India. “This pandemic is not over and we need all leaders to step up to bolster population immunity and work collectively to get tests, treatments and vaccines to last-mile populations,” he said. Fourth, we must continue to support the growth of generic manufacturing around the world in order to rapidly increase supply.

Source: Ethiopian News May 11, 2022 09:48 UTC