African leaders denounced the inequity of vaccine distribution at the U.N., with Namibia president Hage Geingob calling it “vaccine apartheid.” The leaders want intellectual property rights waived so more countries can produce COVID-19 vaccines.
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa speaks via video link during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.
“It is therefore a great concern that the global community has not sustained the principles of solidarity and cooperation in securing equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines,” he said. “It is an indictment on humanity that more than 82% of the world’s vaccine doses have been acquired by wealthy countries, while less than 1% has gone to low-income countries.”
“These disparities allow for third doses to be given, in some cases, while, in other cases, as in Africa, the vast majority of the population has not even received the first dose,” Lourenço said.The U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Israel are among the countries that have begun administering boosters or announced plans to do so.
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