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| Friday, 9 April, 2021 Please find enclosed the link of the WHO Director-General's statement as well as other materials from the COVID-19 media briefing on 9 April: https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19-9-april-2021 - Out of 220 countries and economies, 194 have now started vaccination, and 26 have not. Of those, 7 have received vaccines and could start, and a further 5 countries should receive their vaccines in the coming days.
- More than 700 million vaccine doses have been administered globally, but over 87% have gone to high income or upper middle-income countries, while low income countries have received just 0.2%.
- WHO, Gavi, CEPI and our other COVAX partners are working on several options for accelerating production and supply.
- WHO GACVS has said that a causal relationship between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and the occurrence of blood clots with low platelets is plausible, but more investigation is required. WHO, EMA and MHRA continue to recommend that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risk of these very rare side effects.
Media briefing audio file (length 40mins):
https://terrance.who.int/mediacentre/presser/WHO-AUDIO_Emergencies_Coronavirus_Press_Conference_09APR2021.mp3 Video news edit (05mins17):
https://who.canto.global/b/N6JCP Media assets and information on COVID-19
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