UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres - Photothek via Getty Images/Michael GottschalkCAIRO – 16 April 2020: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said a COVID-19 vaccine may be the only thing that can bring back "normalcy", hoping for just that before the end of the year. "A safe and effective vaccine may be the only tool that can return the world to a sense of 'normalcy', saving millions of lives and countless trillions of dollars," he added during a video conference with the 50 or so African countries that are members of the United Nations.He called for its accelerated development and accessibility to all, adding it must have a "universal global benefit" and "allow us to control the pandemic".Guterres has said that it is absolutely essential to have normality in the attribution of visas so that the UN can function normally. "It is absolutely essential to have normality in the attribution of visas," the secretary-general told reporters in UN headquarters in New York at a press conference on UN work priorities for 2020 when answering the question that "the heart of the United Nations is becoming less accessible lately. "Guterres said that in situations that involve matters of national security, it is "understandable in any country of the world" to impose restrictions on visas. "But what we are witnessing is, of course, something that needs to be normalized," he said.

Source: Egypt Today April 16, 2020 14:03 UTC