Antonio Guterres / File Photo
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday criticized developed countries for creating a ‘stockpile’ of COVID-19 vaccines, and urged them to share with the rest of the world to help end the pandemic.
“I’m very concerned with this very unfair distribution of vaccines in the world,” Guterres said in an interview broadcast Sunday by the Canadian channel CBC.
It’s in the interest of everybody to make sure that as soon as possible and in a fair way, everybody gets vaccinated everywhere and that vaccines are considered to be a truly global public good, he added.
Antonio Guterres criticized the self-interest of rich countries for building up vaccine supplies beyond the needs of their populations.
He urged all not to stockpile the vaccine amid the pandemic as it doesn’t make any sense. In addition, he said that the ending of the pandemic depends a lot on having the possibility to vaccinate as soon as possible the population all over the country.
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