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| WHO boss blasts ‘scandalous inequity’ in Covid jab sharing, demands global commitment to inoculate 10% of each nation by September | WHO boss blasts ‘scandalous inequity’ in Covid jab sharing, demands global commitment to inoculate 10% of each nation by September |
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| The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on nations to commit to global efforts to inoculate the world’s poorest and more vulnerable against Covid-19, as he blasted “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution. | The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on nations to commit to global efforts to inoculate the world’s poorest and more vulnerable against Covid-19, as he blasted “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution. |
| Speaking on Monday during the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the pandemic was being perpetuated by “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution. | Speaking on Monday during the WHO’s annual ministerial assembly, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the pandemic was being perpetuated by “scandalous inequity” in vaccine distribution. |
| He urged the WHO's 194 member states and drug makers to support a drive that would see at least 10% of populations of all countries inoculated by September, and 30% by year-end. | He urged the WHO's 194 member states and drug makers to support a drive that would see at least 10% of populations of all countries inoculated by September, and 30% by year-end. |
| Ghebreyesus said that Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers should commit to giving 50% of their volumes to COVAX, the global vaccine-sharing initiative, this year, or give COVAX first refusal on new batches. | Ghebreyesus said that Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers should commit to giving 50% of their volumes to COVAX, the global vaccine-sharing initiative, this year, or give COVAX first refusal on new batches. |
| Following up on previous comments in which he said it was morally wrong to vaccinate children in rich countries before the vulnerable – including healthcare professionals, in poor nations – Ghebreyesus said at least 115,000 health and care workers had died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. | Following up on previous comments in which he said it was morally wrong to vaccinate children in rich countries before the vulnerable – including healthcare professionals, in poor nations – Ghebreyesus said at least 115,000 health and care workers had died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. |
| “For almost 18 months, health and care workers all over the world have stood in the breach between life and death,” he stated. | “For almost 18 months, health and care workers all over the world have stood in the breach between life and death,” he stated. |
| The latest figures suggest that a third of people in the EU have received at least one dose – that’s double the average across South America (15%), and 20 times more than in Africa (1.5%). In the UK, 72% of adults have been vaccinated against Covid-19. | The latest figures suggest that a third of people in the EU have received at least one dose – that’s double the average across South America (15%), and 20 times more than in Africa (1.5%). In the UK, 72% of adults have been vaccinated against Covid-19. |
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