Covid-19 has exposed a broken world that is inequitable, unaccountable, and divided , resulting in its failure to put an end to the pandemic that has so far killed 4.95 million globally, according to a report by a World Health Organisation (WHO) panel. stated that from the time the pandemic began, almost two years ago, the world continues to struggle to mitigate its impact.
While in the first year, countries collectively failed to take serious preparations and act rapidly, in the second they exhibited profound inequality as the world leaders failed to interconnect, making the world more interdependent than ever. The world continues to be fragmented by growing nationalism, geopolitical tensions, and deep inequalities, said the report.
As of October 2021, as many as 17 million people will have died due to Covid-19. More than 1.5 million children around the world have lost a parent or a grandparent… Behind each death, there is a human story, a loss of potential, and an enormous gap left in a community… While this disaster should have brought us together, instead we are divided, fragmented, and living in worlds apart, said the report.
Although the speed of vaccine development is a matter of pride, but we must feel deep shame over multiple tragedies — vaccine hoarding, the devastating oxygen shortages in low-income countries, the generation of children deprived of education, the shattering of fragile economies and health systems, it added.