Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, writes Reuters.

„(Acting) strategically and globally is actually in each country’s national interest - no one is safe until everyone is safe“, - he told a virtual briefing calling for an end to „vaccine nationalism“.

He said he had sent a letter to all WHO members asking them to join the multilateral COVAX vaccine effort.

More than 22 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally.