World has entered stage of 'vaccine apartheid' - WHO head
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17 May, 2021, 09:35 pm
Last modified: 17 May, 2021, 09:39 pm
"The big problem is a lack of sharing. So the solution is more sharing," he told a virtual Paris Peace Forum event
FILE PHOTO: Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (Covid-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The world has reached a situation of "vaccine apartheid", World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, and was no longer just at risk of that status.
"The big problem is a lack of sharing. So the solution is more sharing," he told a virtual Paris Peace Forum event.
Earlier, he called on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers to make shots available to the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility sooner than planned due to a supply shortfall left by Indian export disruptions.
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