COVID-19 vaccines to be prioritized for some people in all countries, says WHO chief
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“Initially, when supply of COVID-19 vaccine is limited, priority must be given to vaccinating essential workers and those most at risk, or in other words, vaccinating some people in all countries rather than all people in some countries,” the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
“In the coming months, we all hope to have good news about a vaccine for COVID-19. But if and when we have an effective vaccine, we must also use it effectively,” the WHO chief said at a press briefing.
Vaccinating essential workers and those most at risk is “not just a moral imperative and a public health imperative, it’s an economic imperative,” he said, adding that as production increases in time, all people everywhere could have access to vaccines.