Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed on Friday his appreciation for Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah for encouraging people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a tweet, he said: "Thank you Mohamed Salah for your words of support. Vaccines work to save lives, including against COVID19. We hope the world will team up to vaccinate people at highest risk everywhere!"
Salah had said during a recent television interview: "These are doctors who have been studying and working on medicine for years."
"If I said vaccination was wrong, it would be like random people on the street telling me how to play football," he added.
"If the World Health Organization says it's the right thing to do, we must follow them," he stressed.
