United Nations: The number of deaths from covid-19 worldwide has crossed the 2 million mark, with UN Secretary General Antonio Gutarares expressing great regret and saying that due to lack of a global coordinated effort, the state of the epidemic is more has worsened. He said that ‘Vaccine nationalism’ is a ‘suicidal’ attitude for the governments of various countries which will delay the world in dealing with this epidemic.
The covid-19 epidemic has spread to all corners of the world with 191 countries and different regions since the corona virus infection surfaced in late December 2019. The number of deaths due to the disease reached 10 lakh in September. In addition, the epidemic has had a large socio-economic impact, the loss of countless jobs worldwide and the livelihood of people. Lakhs of people were hit by poverty and starvation.
Gutarais said on Friday, “Our world has reached a heart-wrenching figure. The covid-19 epidemic has killed 20 million people so far. This is a very sad thing. “
According to the Corona Virus Tracker at Johns Hopkins University, the deadly virus has killed 20,08,237 people so far and has infected 9,38,16,953 people worldwide. Gutares said the lack of a global coordinated effort made the deadly effects of the epidemic worse.
