U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered a bleak forecast for 2022, saying Thursday that COVID-19 “is not going away” and vaccines alone will not end the pandemic.
“Vaccines are averting hospitalization and death for the majority who get them and slowing the spread, but transmissions show no sign of letting up,” he said. “This is driven by vaccine inequity, hesitancy and complacency.”
Guterres spoke to reporters virtually, after he was exposed to several people who later tested positive for COVID-19, including his chief spokesman. Читать дальше...