Covid-19 numbers remain "absolutely staggering", Dr Bruce Aylward, a senior advisor to the World Health Organisation director-general has said.
Speaking to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, he was asked whether learning to live with the virus is dangerous, WalesOnline reports.
Regarding to the worldwide situation, he said: "It’s a very dangerous virus. If we look at the situation today – there’s still two million reported cases alone, over 5,000 deaths every single day right now.
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“The numbers are absolutely staggering, and what we’re learning to live with is not just this virus, but what should be an unacceptable burden of disease, an unacceptable number of deaths every single day, especially when there are the tools to stop or at least slow this thing, manage it, control it.
“But you can’t do it with only half of the world protected, half of the world testing.
“You need that 16 billion dollar investment. It’s an extremely good buy to get out of this pandemic, or at least the acute phase.”
He said 16 billion dollars are needed to buy the vaccines, tests and treatments that are required to end the acute phase of the pandemic.
“That sounds like a lot of money, but it is less than what the world is losing every single month right now,” he said.
