WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom says actual COVID-19 deaths 'certainly higher' than 1 million

WHO Director-General Tedros ham Ghebreyesus while speaking at a high-level UN General Assembly meeting on Wednesday, September 30 said that actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 was "certainly higher" than one million. global COVID-19 death toll shot past grim one million mark earlier in day. 

Meanwhile, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for greater cooperation among nations and has urged m to share information regarding tests and treatments.

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'In every country's self-interest': Guterres

As per reports, Guterres said, "It is in every country's national and ecomic self-interest to work toger to massively expand access to tests and treatments and to support a vaccine as a global public good, a people's vaccine available and affordable for everyone everywhere."

" Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator with its COVAX facility is vehicle to get us re,” WHO chief said. He also mentioned that current ACT Accelerator gap stands at $35 billion which is less than 1 percent spent by G20 countries in terms of ir domestic stimulus packs and ded that financing ACT Accelerator could “help to control pandemic, restore confidence and stimulate global recovery.”

COVID-19 pandemic which saw its first outbreak in a wet market in Wuhan, China last year has w spre all across world. virus, named COVID-19 by World Health Organisation, has infected over 33 million people worldwide with global death toll crossing 1,000,000. US has reported more than 7.2 million positive COVID-19 cases and a death toll of over 200,000.

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Latin America seeks free access to COVID-19 vaccine

Meanwhile, Latin American leers appealed to international community at UNGA summit to allow m free access to COVID-19 vaccine. At UN meeting, leers urged major powers to share ir research and or relevant information with Latin American nations for sake of global health and well-being.

As per reports, Latin American countries suffered greatly due to COVID-19 pandemic. Latin America has almost nine million cases in total. On top of that, lockdown restrictions as well as impact on tre, ecomies of Latin American countries have also been negatively impacted.

(With ANI inputs, Im: AP)

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