WHO chief wants 10% jabbed in every country by September

World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Credit: Reuters Photo

The WHO chief on Monday called for a huge global effort to ensure that 10 percent of the population in every country is vaccinated against Covid-19 by September.

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World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for a "massive push to vaccinate at least 10 percent of the population of every country by September", in a speech at the opening of the UN health agency's main annual assembly.