‘No country can boost its way out of the pandemic’ – World Health Organisation

WHO’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu also warned that it is wrong for any nation to think that boosters alone can guarantee that everyone has a safe festive season

The rush for wealthy countries to roll-out the additional Covid vaccine doses is making it harder for other nations to get hold of the jab and is “likely to prolong the pandemic”, according to the World Health Organisation’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The World Health Organisation has warned that “no country can boost its way out” of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The rush for wealthy countries to roll-out the additional Covid vaccine doses is making it harder for other nations to get hold of the jab and is “likely to prolong the pandemic”, according to the World Health Organisation’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu.