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RSS FeedsWHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first
(WorldNews Switzerland)

 
 

19 january 2021 12:19:14

 
WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first
(WorldNews Switzerland)
 


GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers’ profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it`s “not right” that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinated against COVID-19 before older people or health care workers in poorer countries and charging that most vaccine makers have targeted locations where “profits are highest.” Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus kicked off the WHO`s week-long executive board meeting — virtually from its headquarters in Geneva — by lamenting that one poor country received a mere 25 vaccine doses while over 39 million doses have been administered in nearly 50 richer nations. “Just 25 doses have...


 
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