Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus outbreak is spiraling out of control. RIA Novosti reports.
According to him, at the moment the pandemic is “the number one threat” to global security, and soon humanity will overcome the milestone of a million deaths as a result of the spread of the virus. The secretary general stressed that although many pin their hopes on a vaccine, there is still no panacea for a pandemic. He added that the vaccine alone will not fix the crisis.
Guterres also noted that remedies for the disease should be affordable. He stated that the vaccine is a global public good.
Earlier, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adanom Ghebreyesus said that there is no medicine capable of destroying COVID-19. It is impossible to get rid of the coronavirus forever, despite high hopes for an effective vaccine, he said.
