The increasing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those given through COVAX is becoming “more grotesque every day”, stated the chief of the WHO.

Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had stated in January that the world was on the verge of a disastrous moral failure and there is a need for urgent action to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines. At a recent news briefing, he stated that little has been done to avert this failure, adding that WHO was constantly working to find solutions to enhance the production and equitable distribution of vaccines across the world. He emphasized that some countries are vaccinating their entire populations, while others have no vaccine at all… (UN, March 22, 2021)