ZURICH/GENEVA (REUTERS) - Vaccines for the new coronavirus should be made available as a global public good, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (June 12), to ensure everyone had fair access to any life-saving products that are developed.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ZURICH/GENEVA - Vaccines for the new coronavirus should be made available as a global public good, the World Health Organisation said on Friday , to ensure everyone had fair access to any life-saving products that are developed.
"More leaders should join the boat, and we need to have a truly global political commitment and global consensus before we even have the product," he said."That is what we are pushing."
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