GENEVA, April 24 — French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will help launch a global initiative on Friday to accelerate work on drugs, tests and vaccines against Covid-19 and to share them around the world, the World Health Organization said. The WHO said late on...
Small bottles labelled with a ‘VaccineCovid-19 sticker and a medical syringe are seen in this illustration taken April 10, 2020. — Reuters pic
WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told a UN briefing on Friday that Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would take part in the 1300 GMT announcement, led by WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “It is very important to make sure that you have equitable access to quality, efficient, new tools for Covid-19,” she said.
“We need to ensure that there are enough vaccines for everyone, we are going to need global leadership to identify and prioritise vaccine candidates,” he told a separate Geneva news briefing before taking part in the formal WHO announcement.
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