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| ‘Hang on, wait for others’: WHO urges UK to help foreign states with Covid-19 vaccine before continuing immunisation at home | ‘Hang on, wait for others’: WHO urges UK to help foreign states with Covid-19 vaccine before continuing immunisation at home |
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| World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Margaret Harris has said that it is morally and economically right to help with immunisation worldwide rather than “rushing” to vaccinate everyone in one country. | World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Margaret Harris has said that it is morally and economically right to help with immunisation worldwide rather than “rushing” to vaccinate everyone in one country. |
| “There have been a number of very interesting analyses showing that just vaccinating your own country and then sitting there and saying ‘we’re fine’ will not work economically,” Harris told BBC Breakfast on Saturday. | “There have been a number of very interesting analyses showing that just vaccinating your own country and then sitting there and saying ‘we’re fine’ will not work economically,” Harris told BBC Breakfast on Saturday. |
| “We’re so connected and unless we get all societies working effectively once again, every society will be financially affected,” she said. | “We’re so connected and unless we get all societies working effectively once again, every society will be financially affected,” she said. |
| Harris was asked whether the UK should focus on helping other countries instead of continuing its own immunisation, once all priority groups have been vaccinated. The WHO official replied: “We’re asking all countries in those circumstances to do that – ‘hang on, wait for those other groups.’” | Harris was asked whether the UK should focus on helping other countries instead of continuing its own immunisation, once all priority groups have been vaccinated. The WHO official replied: “We’re asking all countries in those circumstances to do that – ‘hang on, wait for those other groups.’” |
| “Rather than rushing to vaccinate one country, we need to be doing the lot and we need to be doing it together,” she said. | “Rather than rushing to vaccinate one country, we need to be doing the lot and we need to be doing it together,” she said. |
| Britain kicked off its immunisation programme at the beginning of last month, with the goal to vaccinate 15 million people from vulnerable groups and frontline workers by February 15. | Britain kicked off its immunisation programme at the beginning of last month, with the goal to vaccinate 15 million people from vulnerable groups and frontline workers by February 15. |
| On January 19, the government said that over four million had received their first dose of the vaccine. | On January 19, the government said that over four million had received their first dose of the vaccine. |
| The WHO, meanwhile, has been urging all countries and vaccine-makers to ensure “fair and equitable” distribution all over the world, especially among the poorer nations. | The WHO, meanwhile, has been urging all countries and vaccine-makers to ensure “fair and equitable” distribution all over the world, especially among the poorer nations. |
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