WHO chief hails India’s great progress in reducing number of COVID-19 cases with simple health solutions
"This shows us that if we can do these simple public health solutions, we can beat the virus...With vaccines being added, we would even expect more and better outcomes," he said.
FollowWorld Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday lauded India's significant progress in driving down the number of Covid-19 cases using simple measures and public health solutions.
"This shows us that if we can do these simple public health solutions, we can beat the virus...With vaccines being added, we would even expect more and better outcomes," he said.
The WHO chief called on other nations to follow the measures adopted by the country to beat the virus.
He also called on companies to share manufacturing facilities to help ramp up the production of Covid-19 vaccines. He said almost 130 countries with a combined population of 2.5 billion people were yet to administer a single dose of vaccine and urged rich nations to share doses with poorer countries once they have vaccinated health workers and older people.
"Expanding production globally would also make poor countries less dependent on donations from rich ones. These are unprecedented times and we applaud those manufacturers that have pledged, for example, to sell their vaccines at cost," he said.
The India government announced on Friday that the country is witnessing a sustained decline in the number of infections reported daily since the reported peak in mid-September 2020. A total of 1,07,77,284 Covid-19 cases have been reported in India till February 3, the second-highest in absolute numbers after the US.
Additionally, the government has rolled out Covid-19 vaccination since January 16 and till February 3, 41,38,918 people have been vaccinated.
