Dr.

Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.

S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Monday said she was deeply concerned about a potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic.

These data are evidence that our recent declines appear to be stalling, stalling at over 70,000 cases a day.

With these new statistics, I am really worried about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended to protect people from Covid 19.

This news comes as the World Health Organization director general, Tedros Adhanom Gabriel Isis, announced an increase in global covid 19 cases for the first time in seven weeks.

Some of it appears to be due to relaxing of public health measures, continued circulation of violence and people letting down their guns.

Vaccines will help to save lives, but if countries rely solely on vaccines, they are making a mistake.

He noted that Ghana and the Ivory Coast became the first countries on Monday to begin vaccinating people with doses supplied by Kovacs, the international program to provide vaccines for poor and middle income countries.

But he also criticized the rich countries for hoarding vaccine doses, saying that it was in everyone's interest for vulnerable people to be protected around the world.

It's regrettable that some countries continue to prioritize vaccinating younger, healthier adults at lower risk of disease in their own populations ahead of health workers and older people elsewhere.

The top emergency expert, Mike Ryan, added that while it is too early to say that the virus was under control, the global fight against Covid 19 is in a better state now than it was 10 weeks ago before the vaccine rollout began.