‘Rich countries have already reserved half of corona vaccines’ | Abroad

Because rich countries buy up 51 percent of the vaccines, many poorer countries are missing out, says Oxfam. “Even in the hugely unlikely event that all five promising vaccines are successful, much of the world will be without vaccines until 2022.”

Oxfam warns that the vaccine will not be properly distributed on the day that the finance ministers of the G20 countries meet to discuss the corona virus. The human rights organization is calling on countries and large pharmaceutical companies to make the vaccine freely available to everyone. The prices that are now mentioned for a vaccination, from 10 euros to about 33 euros, would prevent poor people from getting vaccinated, according to Oxfam.

“A free vaccine is only possible if the major pharmaceutical companies allow vaccines to be produced on a large scale worldwide and if they share their knowledge,” Oxfam said in a statement.

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