WHO: When it is your turn, take the vaccine available to you
(VOVWORLD) - Dr. Kidong Park, Chief Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam, granted an interview to Vietnamese media on Friday on what we have known so far about the Delta variant and how effectively COVID-19 vaccines work against this variant.
 Dr. Kidong Park, Chief Representative of the World Health Organization in Vietnam (Photo: WHO) |
As the pandemic rages globally, Dr. Park sent a clear message that when it is your turn to get vaccinated, take the vaccine available to you. Vaccines can protect you and people around you against COVID-19. It also reduces the chance of further circulation of the Delta variant and emergence of other variants. Park said all the vaccines that have achieved WHO Emergency Use Listing have met criteria of efficacy, safety, and quality set by WHO through extensive consultation with international experts. They are highly effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalization due to COVID-19.
WHO has set targets to vaccinate at least 10% of the population of every country by this September, at least 40% by the end of 2021, and 70% globally by the middle of 2022. WHO is always with Vietnam in this battle, said Dr. Park.