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Ethiopia, global COVID-19 vaccination strategy & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (7 Oct 2021)


The United Nations of Earth reporting on this issue: "Ethiopia, global COVID-19 vaccination strategy & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (7 Oct 2021)"
The topics: Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: - COVID-19 Vaccines - Ethiopia - Afghanistan - Syria - Mali - South Sudan - Pakistan - Poverty Index - World Cotton Day - Food Prices COVID-19 VACCINES This morning, the Secretary-General took part in a joint virtual press conference with Dr. Tedros of the World Health Organization as he launched the Global Vaccination Strategy. The Secretary-General said that vaccine inequality is the best ally of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is allowing variants to develop and run wild, condemning the world to millions more deaths, and prolonging an economic slowdown that could cost trillions of dollars, he said. Mr. Guterres noted that a plethora of global, regional and bilateral initiatives has failed to deliver, not getting us anywhere close to the first benchmark of 10 per cent vaccination in all countries by the end of September, which was the first benchmark set. He said that the WHO’s new Global COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy is a costed, coordinated and credible path out of the pandemic for everyone, everywhere. It is up to Member States to do their part, to come together, doing everything that is needed for this strategy to succeed, he underscored. ETHIOPIA As you may have seen yesterday, the Secretary-General spoke in the afternoon at the Security Council’s open meeting on Ethiopia. He was very clear that all humanitarian aid in Ethiopia is still not reaching anywhere close to the levels needed in Tigray. All efforts should be squarely focused on saving lives and avoiding a massive human tragedy. We will continue to play our mandated role and work with the Government of Ethiopia and with our partners to support millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance in Tigray, Amhara and Afar, and across the country, he said. Mr. Guterres called on Ethiopian authorities to allow us to do this without any hindrance and to facilitate and enable our work with the urgency that this situation demands. Our humanitarian colleagues report today that the delivery of humanitarian supplies to Tigray remains heavily constrained via the only road access route through the Afar province. In the past week, 80 trucks arrived in Tigray carrying food, nutrition and other assistance, but, as we’ve been telling you for quite some time now, we need 100 trucks to enter Tigray every day to meet the needs on the ground. Much-needed fuel and medicine have not been allowed in since July. A second flight by the European Union’s Humanitarian Air Bridge also arrived yesterday, carrying 10.6 tons of cargo, including nutrition supplies. While this is welcome, it is only a small fraction of the supplies needed. The lack of commercial supplies arriving to Tigray has led to severe shortages of essential commodities in markets. Prices of these commodities have also surged in recent months. For example, the price of cooking oil has increased by 433 per cent in Mekelle, the capital of Tigray. Despite challenges due to the depletion of supplies, fuel and cash, our partners and us have continued to respond to some urgent needs in Tigray and scaled up responses in Amhara and Afar which have also been impacted. Since August, our partners have provided food to more than 440,000 people in Amhara and 72,000 people in Afar. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=07%20October%202021


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