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Stop jumping the queue and bumping up prices
The World Health Organization on Friday urged rich countries to stop jumping the queue and cutting their own deals with manufacturers to hog the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that right from the outset, wealthier nations had snapped up most of the supply of multiple vaccine products - potentially bumping up the price for everyone else battling the coronavirus pandemic.
He called on states that have booked excess vaccine doses to free them up for the globally-shared Covax program, which aims to distribute vaccines equitably around the world, regardless of wealth.
The World Health Organization on Friday urged rich countries to stop jumping the queue and cutting their own deals with manufacturers to hog the first wave of COVID-19 vaccines.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that right from the outset, wealthier nations had snapped up most of the supply of multiple vaccine products - potentially bumping up the price for everyone else battling the coronavirus pandemic.
He called on states that have booked excess vaccine doses to free them up for the globally-shared Covax program, which aims to distribute vaccines equitably around the world, regardless of wealth.