Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma kahi hālāwai kūkā ma ʻApelika Hema i kēia lā, ʻO ka Hui Ola Ola (WHO) Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Luna Hoʻokele Nui ʻo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, ʻo ka manaʻolana ʻo ka 'acute phase' o ka maʻi maʻi maʻi COVID-19 e pau i ka "waena o ka makahiki a puni ʻo Iune, Iulai" inā hiki i ka helu o ka nui o ka heluna o ka honua i 70%.

ʻO ka hele ʻana i kēlā paepae kano he 'ʻaʻole ia he mea kūpono,' akā he 'koho i koho ʻia,' wahi a Ghebreyesus, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ʻaʻole i pau ka coronavirus me mākou a ʻo ka hoʻoholo e hoʻoneʻe i nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻokō i kēlā pahuhopu "ʻo kā mākou. lima.'

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ghebreyesus, "ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 biliona mau kaila i lawelawe ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa" i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala aku nei akā ʻo ka 'lanakila ʻepekema' o ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o COVID-19 i hoʻopōʻino ʻia e ka nui o ka like ʻole o ke komo ʻana.

ʻOiai 'ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua o ka heluna o ka honua i kēia manawa ua paʻa piha ʻia,' ʻōlelo ʻo ia '84% o ka heluna kanaka Aferika ʻaʻole naʻe e loaʻa i kahi maʻi hoʻokahi.' ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hana kano i loko o kekahi 'ʻāina ʻoi loa ka nui o ka loaʻa kālā' ʻo ia ka hewa no ka 'nui o kēia hewa,' koʻikoʻi ka luna o WHO.

ʻO 11% wale nō o Nā'Aiwi ua hōʻike ʻia ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia, e lilo ana ia i ʻāina ʻoi loa ka inoculated ma ka honua. I ka pule aku nei, ua WHO's Aferika Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena e pono e hoʻonui ka ʻāina i ka nui o ka lāʻau lapaʻau e 'ʻeono manawa' i mea e hālāwai ai me ka WHO'O 70% ka pahuhopu.

I kēlā hopena, ua koi ʻo Ghebreyesus i ka 'pono wikiwiki e hoʻonui i ka hana kūloko o nā kano' ma nā 'āina haʻahaʻa a me waena.' Ua kuhikuhi ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala hou ʻana o ka huakaʻi mua o ka ʻāina mua o ka mRNA COVID-19 - i hana ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ke kaʻina pana o Moderna - he hana hoʻohiki. Ua hana ʻia e Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines ma o kahi papahana hoʻololi ʻenehana pilote, i kākoʻo ʻia e ka WHO a me ka hoʻolālā COVAX.

"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e kūpono kēia kano i nā ʻano e hoʻohana ʻia ai, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka mālama ʻana a me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa," wahi a Ghebreyesus, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e mākaukau ka pana e hoʻomaka i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau ma hope o ka makahiki, me manaʻo ʻia ka ʻae ʻia ma 2024.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

"Ke manaʻo nei mākou e kūpono kēia kano i nā ʻano e hoʻohana ʻia ai, me ka liʻiliʻi o ka mālama ʻana a me ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa," wahi a Ghebreyesus, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e mākaukau ka pana e hoʻomaka i nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau ma hope o ka makahiki, me manaʻo ʻia ka ʻae ʻia ma 2024.
While ‘more than half the world's population is now fully vaccinated,’ he said ‘84% of the population of Africa is yet to receive a single dose.
Last week, the WHO's Africa office said the region needed to boost its vaccination rate by ‘six times’ in order to meet the WHO's 70% target.