Covid: WHO warns pandemic will drag on into 2022

GENEVA: OCT. 21 – The Covid pandemic will “go on for a year longer than it needs to” because poorer countries are not getting the vaccines they need, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Dr. Bruce Aylward, a senior leader at the WHO, said it meant the Covid crisis could “easily drag on deep into 2022”. Less than 5% of Africa’s population have been vaccinated, compared to 40% on most other continents. The UK has delivered more than 10 million vaccines to countries in need. It has pledged a total of 100 million.