Equitable access to safe and effective vaccines is essential for ending the COVID-19 pandemic. It's incredibly encouraging to see the progress being made, with many vaccines showing promise and moving into development. The WHO is working relentlessly with its partners to develop, produce, and distribute these vaccines.
While vaccines are a powerful tool, they are not an immediate solution. For now, we must continue wearing masks, practicing hand hygiene, ensuring good ventilation indoors, maintaining physical distance, and avoiding crowded places.
Getting vaccinated doesn’t mean we can disregard precautions, as ongoing research continues to examine how well vaccines protect against infection and transmission, not just the disease itself.
To stay informed, you can refer to WHO’s regularly updated landscape of COVID-19 vaccine candidates, which outlines vaccines in various stages of clinical and pre-clinical development. The WHO’s COVID-19 dashboard, updated daily, also provides data on global vaccine distribution.
Ultimately, it’s not just the existence of vaccines that will end the pandemic—it’s vaccination. We must prioritize fair and equitable distribution to ensure all countries, starting with the most vulnerable populations, have access to and can effectively administer these life-saving tools.
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