U.N. chief urges 'concrete' moves on year-end vaccine goal
The Hindu
‘Vaccine inequity is giving variants a free pass to run wild’, says Antonio Guterres
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exhorted the world Thursday, December 16, 2021, to make “concrete" progress within days toward a now-distant goal of vaccinating 40% of the global population against before the year ends.
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“Vaccine inequity is giving variants a free pass to run wild,” Mr. Guterres — working from home because of exposure to the coronavirus — told reporters by videoconference as countries grappled with the spread of the virus' .
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