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
FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization (WHO) logo is pictured at the entrance of its headquarters in Geneva, January 25, 2015. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
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.
