WHO's vaccine plan goes well
世卫疫苗计划进展顺利
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.
世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞10月19日表示，目前已有184个国家和地区加入由世卫组织及其合作伙伴发起的"新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划"，更多国家有望公平有效地获得新冠疫苗。
"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.
谭德塞在当天举行的线上新闻发布会上说，“新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划”是目前世界范围内公平分享安全有效疫苗的最有效机制。
Tedros also mentioned "the worrying phase" that the COVID-19 pandemic has entered.
谭德塞还表示，新冠疫情已经进入一个“令人担忧的阶段”。
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.
根据世卫组织网站公布的最新数据，截至10月19日，各国正在研发的候选新冠疫苗共有198种，其中44种已进入临床试验阶段。