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WHO Hopeful But Cautious on Global Strides Made Against Covid-19
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February 22, 2021
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0:51Now PlayingThe head of the World Health Organization on Monday pleaded with rich countries to make sure their orders for additional COVID-19 shots didn't undermine efforts to get jabs to poorer nations.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said some rich countries’ approaches to manufacturers to secure more vaccines were “affecting the deals with COVAX (global vaccine facility), and even the amount that was allocated for COVAX was reduced because of this.”
He didn’t name those countries or give other details.
Wealthy nations have snapped up several billion vaccine doses while some countries in the developing world have little or none.
European nations have given financial support to the U.N.-backed COVAX effort to get vaccines to the world’s most vulnerable people and are considering sharing some of their own doses - though they haven't specified when.
Tedros added that rich countries need to “cooperate in respecting the deals that COVAX did” and make sure before they seek more vaccines that their requests don’t undermine those deals.
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