Redfield: Pandemia to represent the country's worst health crisis in months to come

Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19, while vaccines will begin in December in a part of developed countries.

Half a million deaths occurred in the last two months. Nearly 65 million people worldwide are infected by disease and the most vulnerable country are the United States, currently facing a third wave of coronary infection.

Many countries around the world are now fighting the second and third largest waves, forcing new restrictions on daily life.

Robert Redfield, head of the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned on Wednesday that the pandemic would pose the country's worst health crisis even in the coming months, before vaccines become available.

I believe that the most difficult time in this nation's public health history will be”, Redfield said.

The United States continues to lead in fatalities, with over 273,000 deaths. North America and Latin American regions together have more than 50% of all deaths from the reported coronary.

The Latin American region is the most global affected in disasters, recently exceeded more than 450,000 deaths.

On Wednesday, Britain became the first country to adopt the vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Germany's Pfizer, moving first -- the rest of the world in the race to begin the crucial programme of mass vaculation.

But supplies are expected to be very limited in early stages, meaning that any country that begins the vaccine will have to set priorities based on risk factors.

US health regulators are expected to approve the distribution and management of the vaccine in mid-December.

While Africa aims to vaccinate 60% of its population against COVID-19 within the next two to three years, the African Union's disease control group said on Thursday. The continent of 1.3 billion people has recorded more than 2.2 million confirmed coronary infections, according to a Reuters account.