Qatar affirms Covid-19 eradication requires equal access to vaccines

Geneva: The State of Qatar has affirmed that the goal of eliminating COVID-19 will only be achieved through equality between countries and peoples in obtaining vaccines, as it is not envisaged that any country will be safe from the pandemic unless everyone is safe.

This came in the statement of the State of Qatar, delivered by the Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations office in Geneva Ibrahim Sultan Al Hashemi, at the Human Rights Council at its 48th session during the panel discussion on deepening inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Al Hashemi said that while the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many manifestations of solidarity and synergy between countries and peoples, this crisis has also revealed disparities and inequalities, especially with regard to the efforts of the international health and economic response to address the pandemic.