"End vaccine inequity to avoid future pandemics"

“End vaccine inequity to avoid future pandemics”

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6 May 2021

Doctor drawing up Covid-19 vaccine from glass phial bottle and filling syringe injection for vaccination. Close up of hand wearing protective disposable gloves in lab and holding a bottle of vaccination drugs. Hand with blue surgical gloves taking sars-coV-2 vaccine dose from vial with syringe: prevention and immunization concept.

The well-known Liberian politician, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says although international co-operation has helped the World make great strides in the fight against Covid-19, more will need to be done to avoid a future disease-outbreak from becoming a pandemic.

She participated in the Friends of Multilateralism’s Round-table this week and said the pandemic had to date killed more than 3-million people globally, while it also wiped out more than US$ 10-billion in economic output.

She says future pandemics can be even more devastating to the global economy.

#COVID19 | Heads of State and Government Round Table Message 4 May 2021 – Learning from the past and present: Building a stronger multilateral system for pandemic preparedness and response for the future pic.twitter.com/E2trcQR8hS

— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) May 4, 2021