36th WHO Regulatory Update on COVID-19
Overview
As addressed by Dr Tedros at the opening of the World Health Assembly on 24th May, all Member States are asked to support to vaccinate at least 10% of the population of every country by September and a “Drive to December” to achieve WHO’s goal of vaccinating at least 40% by the end of the year, followed by 70% by the middle of next year.
As of 28th June, over 2.928 billion vaccine doses have been administered world wide and about 66 countries and territories have fully vaccinated more than 10% of their populations. COVAX has shipped 89.4 million doses to 133 participants, but that covers just nearly 1% of their combined population and 5 countries and territories have not yet started their vaccination programme. Much more support is needed for 250 million people in low- and middle-income countries in the next four months.