世衛疫苗計劃進展順利

WHO's vaccine plan goes well
世衛疫苗計劃進展順利

A total of 184 countries and economies have now joined COVAX, an international initiative co-led by the World Health Organization and partners to ensure effective and equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, the WHO chief announced on Monday.
世界衛生組織總幹事譚德塞10月19日表示，目前已有184個國家和地區加入由世衛組織及其合作夥伴發起的"新冠肺炎疫苗實施計劃"，更多國家有望公平有效地獲得新冠疫苗。

"COVAX is the most effective way to share safe and effective vaccines equitably across the world," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a virtual press conference.
譚德塞在當天舉行的線上新聞發佈會上說，“新冠肺炎疫苗實施計劃”是目前世界範圍內公平分享安全有效疫苗的最有效機制。

Tedros also mentioned "the worrying phase" that the COVID-19 pandemic has entered.
譚德塞還表示，新冠疫情已經進入一個“令人擔憂的階段”。

According to the website of WHO, as of Monday, there were 198 COVID-19 candidate vaccines being developed worldwide, and 44 of them were in clinical trials.
根據世衛組織網站公佈的最新數據，截至10月19日，各國正在研發的候選新冠疫苗共有198種，其中44種已進入臨牀試驗階段。