At least 115,000 health workers have died from COVID-19: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

At the opening of the World Health Organization's main annual assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around the world to battle the pandemic.

New Delhi: At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said on Monday (May 24), calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all countries. At the opening of the World Health Organization's main annual assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around the world to battle the pandemic. "For almost 18 months, health and care workers all over the world have stood in the breach between life and death," WHO director-general Tedros said.  "Many have themselves become infected, and while reporting is scant, we estimate that at least 115,000 health and care workers have paid the ultimate price in the service of others," he said.