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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The United Nations on Wednesday (Feb 17) led calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against Covid-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole planet at risk.
Foreign ministers met virtually for a first-ever UN Security Council session on vaccinations called by current chair Britain, which said the world had a moral duty to act together against the pandemic that has killed more than 2.4 million people.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced alarm that just 10 countries have administered 75 per cent of the first 128 million doses - and 130 countries have had none at all.
He did not give more details on the 10 countries, but according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, at least 81 nations have started vaccinating their populations, with a total of more than 183 million doses administered.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday that the world urgently needs a global vaccination plan to stop wealthy countries leaving poorer nations behind in the coronavirus fight. | POOL / VIA AFP-JIJI
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United Nations – The United Nations on Wednesday led calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against COVID-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole planet at risk.
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