The head of the World Health Organization has said that a vaccine would not by itself stop the coronavirus pandemic. There have been more than 54 million cases of Covid-19 since it broke out in China last year and more than 1.3 million people have died. "A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, not replace them," director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. "A vaccine on its own will not end the pandemic." The WHO's figures for Saturday showed that 660,905 coronavirus cases were reported to the UN health agency, setting a new high water mark.
That number, and the 645,410 registered on Friday, surpassed the previous daily record high of 614,013 recorded on 7 November. Latest coronavirus stories Dr Tedros said that supplies