MEXICO City – Mexico made a plea at the United Nations Security Council for rich countries to stop hoarding vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 because poorer ones fall behind in the race to vaccinate their citizens.
“We urge countries to avoid hoarding vaccines and accelerate the first stages of COVAX deliveries, to give priority to countries with fewer resources,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Wednesday.
Ebrard said three quarters of the first doses have been applied to citizens in only ten countries that account for 60 percent of global gross domestic product, while in more than 100 countries no vaccines have been applied at all.
“It is urgent to act, to reverse the injustice that is being committed because the security of all humanity depends on it,” Ebrard said.
Mexico has signed agreements with several international pharmaceutical companies for millions of doses for its 126 million people amid global delays and shortages of some vaccines.(Reuters)
