General Assembly: Galvanizing momentum for universal vaccination (Plenary Segment, Closing)- High-level thematic debate, 76th Session

The General Assembly continues the plenary segment of the debate to boost momentum for universal COVID-19 vaccination.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 05:47:31
• Production Date: 25 February 2022
• Asset Language: Original; Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Personal Subject: SHAHID, ABDULLA
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: CORONAVIRUS DISEASE - COVID 19; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS; VACCINATION
• MAMS Id: 2714634
• Parent Id: 2712968, 2712969

Description

Globally, the pace and reach of COVID-19 vaccinations has been uneven, unfair, and unbalanced. Only 5 percent of people in Least Developed Countries have been vaccinated versus more than 70 percent in high income countries.

This is unacceptable and not only leaves billions of people unfairly exposed to the virus but jeopardizes hard-won gains in the fight against the pandemic as mutations and variants continue to occur, people continue to suffer and die, and economic losses continue to mount.

Recognizing that no one is safe until we are all safe – a reality further underscored by the rise of the omicron variant of COVID-19 – our only respite from the global pandemic is to successfully ensure vaccine access in all corners of the world, for everyone, everywhere.

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