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WHO boss wants 10 per cent of every country vaccinated by September

By Michael Le Page

25 May 2021

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks at the World Health Assembly in May — Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization speaks at the World Health Assembly in May
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THE head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on member countries to support a massive drive to vaccinate at least 10 per cent of each country in the world by September and at least 30 per cent by December.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, announced the drive – dubbed “the sprint to September” – at the on 24 May. “Sprinting to our September goal means we must vaccinate 250 million more people in…

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