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WHO chief urges Covid-19 vaccine sharing to make mass coverage ‘reality’
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus Geneva, January 30, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

NEW YORK, Oct 13 — World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today urged countries and companies controlling the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to prioritise supply to the vaccine sharing programme Covax in order to meet vaccination targets.

"We’re working with leaders to support the prioritisation and planning that’s needed to make 40 per cent coverage a reality with aggressive and ambitious action,” he said at a media briefing. — Reuters

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