No One is safe from COVID-19 until everyone is safe..
Once COVID-19 vaccines are available to priority populations in all countries around the world will we bring the pandemic under control. Several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are showing promising early results in clinical trials, but the international community must remember that our goal is two-fold: to produce a widely available, safe, and effective vaccine and to bring the pandemic to an end. That can happen only after billions of doses are produced affordably and made available to everyone, particularly those in low-income countries. Every government has a responsibility to put its citizens first – and during a pandemic, this means thinking and acting globally. If manufacturing agreements or export restrictions obstruct the deployment of vaccines and the virus survives anywhere, no one can be safe from the impact of the pandemic.
Taking a global, coordinated approach is essential – global health actors, manufacturers, and research groups have to work together towards a common goal: that when the first safe and effective vaccines emerge, the capacity exists to manufacture them, and the framework is already in place to make sure they are accessible to the most vulnerable all over the world.
Taking a global, coordinated approach is essential – global health actors, manufacturers, and research groups have to work together towards a common goal: that when the first safe and effective vaccines emerge, the capacity exists to manufacture them, and the framework is already in place to make sure they are accessible to the most vulnerable all over the world.