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WHO calls for any COVID-19 vaccine to be shared as public good

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WHO calls for any COVID-19 vaccine to be shared as public good
WHO calls for any COVID-19 vaccine to be shared as public good

Vaccines for the new coronavirus should be made available as a global public good, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, to ensure everyone had fair access to any life-saving products that are developed.

"Many leaders...have promoted the idea of making any vaccine a global public good, but that should continue to be promoted," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference.

"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." Tedros was speaking after concerns have been raised that some countries, including the United States, could hoard any vaccines or drugs they develop to combat COVID-19, with poorer countries not getting access to the treatments they need.

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