‘Clock ticking’: WHO chief urges ‘enlightened world leaders’ to step up and donate crucial Covid vaccine doses to poorer nations

The COVAX program

The COVAX program to ensure that Covid-19 vaccines are distributed fairly among poorer nations is facing a serious shortfall, the World Health Organization chief has said, after he urged countries to hand over millions more doses.

“The clock is still ticking on vaccine equity,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing on Thursday, as he revealed the pressure on COVAX to meet its immunization targets.

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