As the Trudeau government is forced to explain delays rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, some of the world s economic and health leaders are warning of catastrophic financial consequences if poorer countries are shortchanged on vaccinations.
At a video meeting convened by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Monday, Secretary-General Angel Gurria predicted that rich countries would see their economies shrink by trillions of dollars if they don t do more to help poor countries receive vaccines.
The leaders of the World Health Organization and others also bemoaned the long-term damage of continued vaccine nationalism if current trends continue rich countries getting a pandemic cure at a much higher rate than poorer ones.
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