Chicago Alderman Stephanie Coleman addresses vaccine distribution efforts, delayed mail delivery, fight against carjackings
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CHICAGO (WLS) Chicago Alderman Stephanie Coleman addresses vaccine distribution efforts, delayed mail delivery, fight against carjackings with ABC 7 Chicago.
Discussing everything from vaccine distribution, delayed mail delivery to the fight against carjackings, 16th Ward Chicago Alderman Stephanie Coleman joined ABC 7 Chicago live Tuesday morning.
Chicago says it is now making progress in distributing vaccines equitably.
Coleman says 50 percent of the Black and brown community has been vaccinated so far. is it enough, absolutely not, is it start, absolutely, said Coleman.
Coleman says her ward is dealing with another kind of pandemic - carjackings.
People with disabilities are overlooked for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and triage protocols. We need to make this group a priority and address issues that put them at risk.
Updated Jan 19, 2021 | 13:46 IST
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has warned that a failure to create mechanisms that ensure equitable access of vaccines will only prolong what is already an unprecedented global health crisis. World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus | Photo Credit: AP
Key Highlights
The WHO chief raised concerns over vaccine manufacturers prioritising regulatory approval in high-income nations (where opportunities are most lucrative), rather than working with WHO
The Director-General has consistently emphasised and re-emphasised that if governments approached the pandemic solely from positions of self-interest that it would come at a grave, but more importantly, avoidable human and economic cost