Widely Unfair: UN Says 130 Countries Haven’t Received Single COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
source: Eco-business
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (local time) slammed the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of coronavirus vaccines and said that only 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a global effort to get all people in every nation inoculated as soon as possible.
According to a report by Al Jazeera, Guterres, while addressing a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council, said 130 countries have not received a single dose of vaccine.
“At this critical moment, vaccine equity is the biggest moral test before the global community,” he said.
The UN chief called for an urgent ‘Global Vaccination Plan’ to bring together those with the power to ensure fair vaccine distribution – scientists, vaccine producers, and those who can fund the effort – to ensure all people in every nation get inoculated as soon as possible, Al Jazeera reported.