On December 30, local time, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivered a New Year's message. Tedros said the past year has witnessed the fastest and most far-reaching response to global health emergencies in human history. Vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tools are also being rolled out at record rates, but there is also a need to ensure that vaccines are available to all people at risk. The events of 2020 provide lessons and reminders as we enter 2021, and most importantly, governments must increase their investment in public health, including funding covid-19 vaccines for all, and better prepared to prevent and respond to the next inevitable pandemic.
Tedros pointed out that because mass vaccination takes time, it is necessary to continue to comply with epidemic prevention measures, including physical distancing, wearing masks, avoiding crowded indoors, etc., simple but effective measures that can save lives. In addition, we have seen how political divisions and community divisions can breed the virus and trigger a crisis, and the pandemic has shown that there is a strong connection between them and that the world must come together.
Tedros said that as we enter 2021, we have a simple but profound choice to ignore the lessons of 2020 and tolerate conservative and biased coping methods, conspiracy theories and attacks on science that lead to unnecessary suffering for human health and society as a whole. Or help each other, walk through the last part of this crisis together, distribute vaccines equitably, and provide accurate advice, compassion and care to all who need them, the choice is easy. Dawn has come to an end of the tunnel and we will walk this road together. (Reporter Zhu He)
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Tedros delivered his New Year's message: Ignore the lesson or help each other? 2020 offers lessons and reminders
Column Editor-in-Chief: Zhao Hanlu Text Editor: Liu Lu Caption Source: Xinhua News Agency Photo Editor: Zhu Xuan
Source: Author: CCTV News Client