WHO drawing up plans for 'fair, equitable' access to Covid-19 vaccine
The framework to ensure “fair and equitable access” would give priority to three groups
The World Health Organization is drawing up plans to help decide who should be prioritised for a vaccine against Covid-19 once an inoculation has been approved, its chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Thursday.
The framework to ensure "fair and equitable access" would give priority to three group: frontline workers such as medics and the police, vulnerable people over 65 years old or at higher risk due to illness, and those in higher-transmission settings such as meat factories, prisons or care homes, she said.