The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote, 'Of the almost 7 billion doses that have been administered globally, just 3 percent of people in low-income countries have had a jab so far. Where are the rest?'
Prince Harry Calls for Increased Vaccine Education and Access: "Where You're Born Should Not Affect Your Ability to Survive"
The letter called out a “handful” of countries at the G20 Summit who have “millions of surplus vaccines that are destined to be wasted once they expire.” The royals addded that discarded vaccines “should outrage us all.” They wrote, “Each dose represents a real person—a mother, father, daughter, or son—who could have been protected. Each of us come from very different places, backgrounds, and life experiences, but we share a common goal: to tackle global inequity.”
Markle, Prince Harry, and the WHO Director-General referenced the global target to “vaccinate 40 percent of all countries by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by the middle of next year.
They concluded the letter with, “Cooperation of historic proportion is the only solution. Lives literally depend on it.”
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