" Reuters", a UK news agency published today, Tuesday, statistics showed that more than 54.59 million people were infected with the emerging coronavirus (known also by the World Health Organization (WHO) as COVID-19) worldwide, while the total deaths from the virus reached 1.32 million cases.
The detected infections have been recorded in more than 210 countries and regions across the planet, since the first cases were discovered in China in December 2019.
In the United States, the number of deaths reached 246.2 thousand, and the total number of infections was 11.05 million.
India ranked second, with a total of 130.07 thousand deaths and 8.84 million infections.
Brazil ranked third, with deaths estimated at 165.6 thousand, and infections amounting to 5.8 million cases.
The number of deaths in France was estimated at 44.5 thousand cases, in addition to infections amounting to 1.98 million cases.
However, WHO confirmed yesterday, that obtaining an effective vaccine against the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will not alone itself stop the spread of the pandemic.
Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanum Ghebreyesus tweeted that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, that the organisation has known that developing a vaccine will be vital to controlling the pandemic.
But it is important to stress that the vaccine will complement the other tools that are needed.
He added that any vaccine will not stop the pandemic itself.
"But we will have to continue monitoring, conducting examinations, following quarantine and taking care of cases, following-up infections while isolating contacts, engaging communities and encouraging people to exercise caution," he pointed out.
He indicated that the first supplies of a vaccine against COVID-19 will be limited, for this reason, priority will be given to health workers, the elderly, and other groups of people who are considered vulnerable to the disease.
"We hope that this matter will reduce the number of deaths and enable health systems to contain the situation, but it will remain," he said.
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