Low-Income States Receive 0.3 Per Cent of COVID-19 Vaccines, Secretary-General Warns, Calling on “G20” Nations to Ensure Equal Access, Win War against Virus
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Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Global Health Summit, held online today:
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I warned that no one is safe until everyone is safe. I was deeply concerned by the possibility of a dangerous two-speed response. Sadly, that concern was justified.
Grossly unequal access to vaccines, tests, medicines and supplies, including oxygen, have left poorer countries at the mercy of the virus. Recent surges of COVID-19 in India, South America and other regions have left people literally gasping for breath before our eyes. The pandemic is still very much with us, thriving and mutating. As winter approaches in the global South, I fear the worst is yet to come.
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