WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION ADVOCATES FOR EQUAL COVID-19 VACCINES DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL COUNTRIES

The world health watchdog have criticized the imbalance in the distribution of covid-19 vaccines

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION ADVOCATES FOR EQUAL COVID-19 VACCINES DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ALL COUNTRIES
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The World Health Organization has pressed the 20 most powerful world leaders and pharmaceutical chiefs to reverse the "disgraceful" inequity in global access to Covid-19 vaccines by the fall, in order to avert another deadly wave of cases over the winter.

WHO's Bruce Aylward said the world should be "disgusted" with the imbalance in available tools to fight the pandemic and appealed to the wealthiest nations to focus on helping all countries vaccinate at least 10% of their populations by September.

Only 1.1% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose, due to a lack of supplies. "I can't help but think: if we had tried to withhold vaccines from parts of the world, could we have made it any worse than it is today?" Aylward, senior adviser to the WHO director-general and head of the ACT Accelerator initiative, which is aimed at providing pandemic resources to developing countries.

Facing a dreaded new wave of coronavirus infections fueled by the Delta variant, the United States and Europe are deploying a barrage of monetary incentives and mandates to convince vaccine holdouts to get off the fence. And, despite WHO's plea, momentum is building to dole out booster shots for vulnerable groups; several countries, including Germany and France, have already said they are going ahead with third doses.


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