The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the global community to ensure all nations have at least 70% of their populations vaccinated by July of this year.

The UN health said the pandemic will not end until it happens.

WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a COVID-19 briefing in Geneva, called on wealthy nations to ensure breakthrough treatments, and reliable COVID-19 tests, are available in all countries.

Tedros said while the situation improved by the end of 2021, vaccine and health inequity overall was the biggest failure of the year.

He said while some countries have enough protective equipment, tests, and vaccines to last through the pandemic, many countries do not have enough to meet basic baseline needs or modest targets.

The WHO Chief stated that the virus that causes COVID-19 will continue to evolve and threaten the world’s health systems if the collective response does not improve.