GENEVA, Switzerland – The World Health Organization on Friday called on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production, as US president Joe Biden warned the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic was pushing the United States towards “breaking point”.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters that while the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered (115 million) had now overtaken the number of infections worldwide (104 million), more than three-quarters of the jabs had been handed out in just 10 wealthy countries.
“Almost 130 countries, with 2.5 billion people, are yet to administer a single dose”, Tedros complained.
“Unless we suppress …
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