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Why WHO is warning rich countries of ‘anger and shame’
The World Health Organisation has warned wealthy countries they’ll look back on this period in time with “anger and shame” if they don’t share Covid vaccine doses with poorer nations
The WHO says countries should not be moving to purchase further booster shots for their vaccinated populations whilst some nations are yet to receive any vaccines at all.
It comes as the organisation’s Director-General urges Pfizer and Moderna to send further doses of their jabs to the United Nation’s COVAX program.
COVAX is the initiative that provides vaccines to low and middle-income nations that are in need.
The director-General says “the Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace.. driving a new spike in COVID-19 cases and death”.
He believes that “the global gap in COVID-19 vaccine supply is hugely uneven and inequitable”.
This follows reports that some countries are ordering millions of booster shots… “before other countries have had supplies to vaccinate their health workers and most vulnerable.”