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Pope warns rich countries against coronavirus vaccine nationalism

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Reuters
19 August, 2020, 04:40 pm
Last modified: 19 August, 2020, 04:54 pm

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Pope warns rich countries against coronavirus vaccine nationalism

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that any nation which hoards possible Covid-19 vaccines while excluding others would deepen the pandemic

Reuters
19 August, 2020, 04:40 pm
Last modified: 19 August, 2020, 04:54 pm
Picture: Reuters
Picture: Reuters

Rich countries should not hoard a coronavirus vaccine and should only give pandemic-related bailouts to companies committed to protecting the environment, helping the most needy and the 'common good', Pope Francis said on Wednesday.

"It would be sad if the rich are given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine. It would be sad if the vaccine becomes property of this or that nation, if it is not universal and for everyone," Francis said at his weekly general audience.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that any nation which hoards possible Covid-19 vaccines while excluding others would deepen the pandemic.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has warned against "vaccine nationalism", urged countries to join a global pact by an Aug. 31 deadline to share vaccine hopefuls with developing countries.

More than 150 vaccines are in development, about two dozen are in human studies and a handful are in late-stage trials.

Francis also said it would be a "scandal" if governments doled out pandemic-related bail-out money to only select industries.

He said the criteria for companies to receive public aid should be if they "contribute to the inclusion of people who are normally excluded (from society), to helping the most needy, to the common good and to caring for the environment".

More than 21.9 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 772,647​ have died, according to a Reuters tally.

"The pandemic is a crisis and one never exits from a crisis returning to the way it was before," Francis said.

"Either we leave better, or we leave worse. We have to leave better in order to tackle social injustices and environmental degradation."

The pope's audiences are still being held virtually from his official library inside the Vatican because of the pandemic instead of St. Peter's Square, previously packed with tens of thousands of people.

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