Vaccine Alone Won’t End Coronavirus Pandemic – WHO
The Director General of World Health Organisation,(WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said yesterday that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic. He said “A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, not replace them. A vaccine on its own will not end the pandemic.” The WHO boss said supplies of the vaccine would initially be restricted, with “health workers, older people and other at risk populations to be prioritised. That will hopefully reduce the number of deaths and enable the health systems to cope.” He however, warned “That will still leave the virus with a lot of room to move. Surveillance will need to continue, people will still need to be tested, isolated and cared for, contacts will still need to be traced, and individuals will still need to be cared for.”