Paris:
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday deplored the “heart-wrenching milestone” of the worldwide death count from Covid-19 topping two million, and lamented the reality that “solidarity is failing” in the world’s response to the virus.
“Today we are seeing a vaccine vacuum,” the UN head mentioned. “Vaccines are reaching high income countries quickly, while the world’s poorest have none at all.”
“Science is succeeding – but solidarity is failing,” he warned.
Without naming names, Guterres criticized the reality that “some countries are pursuing side deals, even procuring beyond need.”
“Governments have a responsibility to protect their populations, but ‘vaccinationalism’ is self-defeating and will delay a global recovery,” he added. “Covid-19 cannot be beaten one country at a time.”
He mentioned priority ought to be offered to these who are “on the front line: humanitarian personnel and populations at high risk.”
At a press conference, the president of the UN General Assembly, Volkan Bozkir, announced that he and Guterres would each be vaccinated extremely quickly. The UN chief will be offered the shot next week, and the President of the General Assembly on February 2.
That is due to the fact New York, exactly where the UN headquarters are situated, has a public wellness policy of providing shots to any individual more than the age of 65, mentioned Bozkir.
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