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11bn doses needed to vaccinate 70% of world to end Covid: UN chief ​ By IANS | ​ 14 Views   11bn doses needed to vaccinate 70% of world to end Covid: UN chief. Image Source: IANS News United Nations, July 14 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world to end the Covid-19 pandemic. "Pledges of doses and funds are welcome -- but they are not enough. We need at least 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70 per cent ...

1 2021-07-14 08:19:24Xinhua Editor : Li Yan ECNS App Download Photo taken on March 5, 2021 shows AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX vaccine sharing program being unloaded from a plane at Entebbe International Airport, Uganda. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 percent of the world to end the COVID-19 p...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said that 11 billion doses are needed to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world to end the Covid-19 pandemic. "Pledges of doses and funds are welcome -- but they are not enough. We need at least 11 billion doses to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world and end this pandemic," the UN chief told the opening of the ministerial segment of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is the top platform for reviewing the implementation ...

Last Updated Sunday, July 11, 2021 6:12AM EDT TORONTO - Mourners trickled into a funeral home north of Toronto Sunday to pay their last respects to a police officer who died in the line of duty. The visitation for Const. Jeffrey Northrup at the Kane-Jerrett Funeral Home in Thornhill, Ont., was open to the public. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory were among those who attended. Emergency Task Force officers donning grey uniforms and vests also turned out ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory were among those who attended. Emergency Task Force officers donning grey uniforms and vests also turned out to pay respects. Investigators have said Northrup was killed in a deliberate act last week while responding to a report of a robbery in a parking lot at Toronto City Hall, and a 31-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in his death. Northrup’s casket will remain in Thornhill until Monday’s funeral at BMO Field in ...

The United Nations The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million late on Wednesday, marking yet another “grim milestone” and underlining the urgent need for the world to put a Global Vaccine Plan in place to get the pandemic under control, said the UN chief in a statement. “Many of us know this loss directly and feel its pain”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “We mourn mothers and fathers who gave guidance, sons and daughters who inspired us, grandmoth...

UN chief calls for global vaccination plan as COVID-19 death toll tops 4 million ANI | Updated: Jul 08, 2021 11:17 IST New York [US] July 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday repeated his appeal for a global vaccination plan to boost vaccine equity as deaths from COVID-19 topped 4 million worldwide. "Today the world marks yet another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic. Four million souls have now been lost to the virus. Th...

Message of the Secretary-General on the Four Millionth Death from the COVID-19 Pandemic Format Today the world marks yet another grim milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic. Four million souls have now been lost to the virus. This tragic toll is more than the population of one out of three countries on earth. Many of us know this loss directly and feel its pain. We mourn mothers and fathers who gave guidance, sons and daughters who inspired us, grandmothers and grandfathers who shared wisdom, co...

Thursday, 8 July 2021, 3:53 pm The global death toll due to COVID-19 officially passed four million late on Wednesday, marking yet another “grim milestone” and underlining the urgent need for the world to put a Global Vaccine Plan in place to get the pandemic under control, said the UN chief in a statement. “Many of us know this loss directly and feel its pain”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “We mourn mothers and fathers who gave guidance, sons and daughters who inspired...

Baku, June 25, AZERTAC The European Union (EU) must use its leverage to ensure people everywhere have access to COVID-19 vaccines, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, according to the official website of the organization. In a wide-ranging multilingual speech to the European Parliament in Brussels, the UN chief underscored the need to ramp up vaccinations globally. “The pandemic is causing more deaths today than a year ago. And vaccines are our only way out of this cris...