President Ilham Aliyev and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus have discussed steps taken by Azerbaijan to fight against the coronavirus pandemic, its contribution to international efforts in this sphere and new vaccines to be supplied to the country, Azertag has reported.

The gap between rich and poor countries in the number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the global COVAX initiative is growing every day, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, Trend reports referring to foreign media.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly stressed the importance of the joint fight of the countries of the world against the coronavirus pandemic and close cooperation in this area

The non-provision of Azerbaijan with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines as part of the COVAX platform in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is the violation of the principle of fairness, Azerbaijani Doctor of Philosophy Yazgul Abdiyeva told Trend.

The World Health Organization (WHO) still has not received the complete documentation package on the Sputnik V vaccine for the pre-qualification procedure, WHO representative in Russia Melita Vujnovic said, Trend reports citing TASS.

More producers of COVID-19 vaccines should follow AstraZeneca’s lead and license technology to other manufacturers, the World Health Organization’s head said on Monday, as he described continuing vaccine inequity as “grotesque”, Trend reports citing Reuters.

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, has taken part in discussions with the ambassadors of the countries participating in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in video format, Trend reports citing the Twitter page of Tedros Ghebreyesus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) does not recommend using the so-called "immunity passports" with COVID-19 vaccination data for the time being, WHO Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic has told TASS, Trend reports.

More than 353,000 new cases of novel coronavirus have been confirmed globally in the past 24 hours, pushing a total number of infections to 115.65 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Saturday, Trend reports citing TASS.

Some 24,272 people were vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19) in Azerbaijan on March 3, 2021, Trend reports referring to the Operational Headquarters under the Cabinet of Ministers.