WHO Secretary-General: "Hope for Near African Vaccine Production by the End of This Year"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), stated on the 7th (local time) that they are looking for a site to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Africa and hope to approach production by the end of this year.

According to major foreign media on the day, Director-General Tedros said efforts must be made to distribute more doses to the African continent. However, he did not specify any particular countries or regions within Africa.

Foreign media previously reported that Senegal in West Africa had reached an agreement with the Belgian biotech group Univercells to start producing COVID-19 vaccines next year.

He urged the Group of Seven (G7) to commit to sharing COVID-19 vaccines in June and July. Global vaccine distribution is a major agenda item at the G7 summit to be held in the UK from the 11th to the 13th.

Director-General Tedros said, "I have requested that all countries make global efforts to vaccinate at least 10% of their populations by September and 30% by the end of the year," adding, "To achieve this goal, an additional 250 million doses need to be administered by September, with 100 million doses required in June and July alone."

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