Urging governments to do more to fight the virus, the World Health Organization chief says: 'We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when 1 million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone.'
abc.net.au/news/covid-deaths-reach-1-million-worldwide-who-reveals/101375700One million people have died from COVID-19 so far this year, the World Health Organization has revealed, describing it as a "tragic milestone".The WHO urged governments to increase efforts to vaccinate health workers, older people and those at high risk
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday the figures reached this week demonstrated the world was not "learning to live" with the virus. "We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when 1 million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we are two and a half years into the pandemic and have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths.
"It is pleasing to see that some countries with the lowest vaccination rates are now making up ground, especially in Africa," Mr Tedros said.
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