Vatican City, Dec 29, 2020 / 01:27 pm (CNA).- The Vatican’s COVID-19 commission said Tuesday it is working to help promote fair access to the coronavirus vaccine, especially for those who are most vulnerable.
In a note published Dec. 29, the com.
A health care worker at the Posta Central Hospital in Santiago, Chile, prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 24, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Ivan Alvarado, Reuters)
The Vatican’s coronavirus commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life issued a joint statement calling for a coordinated international effort to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide and underlining the risks involved in not being vaccinated.
The document highlights the “critical role of vaccines to defeat the pandemic, not just for individual personal health but to protect the health of all,” the Vatican said in a statement accompanying the document Dec. 29.
Vatican calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Justice and equity in delivering essential tool says Holy See
29 Dicembre 2020
VATICAN CITY, DEC 29 - The Vatican on Tuesday called
for the fair distribution of COVID vaccines.
Vaccines were developed as a public good and must be provided to
all in a fair and equitable manner, giving priority to those who
need them most, it said, according to Vatican News.
The Vatican s Covid-19 Commission and the Pontifical Academy for
Life have highlighted this need in a joint document that
discusses the essential role of the anti-covid vaccine to defeat
the pandemic.
Referring to the Pope s recent Christmas Message, world leaders
An elderly woman receives an injection with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Vallecas nursing home in Madrid Dec. 27, 2020. (CNS/Comunidad de Madrid handout via Reuters)
The Vatican s coronavirus commission and the Pontifical Academy for Life issued a joint statement calling for a coordinated international effort to ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines worldwide.
The document highlights the critical role of vaccines to defeat the pandemic, not just for individual personal health but to protect the health of all, the Vatican said in a statement accompanying the document Dec. 29. The Vatican commission and the Pontifical Academy of Life remind world leaders that vaccines must be provided to all fairly and equitably, prioritizing those most in need, the Vatican said.
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