The United Kingdom has said that there must be United Nations resolution for ceasefires across the globe to allow those living in war zones to get COVID vaccines.
The UK’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, who chaired the UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday, called on world leaders to agree a resolution for negotiated vaccine ceasefires.
He said it is a “moral duty to act” in order to prevent more than 160 million people being excluded from vaccines because of instability and conflict, including in Yemen, Somalia and Ethiopia.
The Secretary warns that allowing COVID-19 to spread in areas where there is no vaccination programme could allow new coronavirus variants to take hold and risk further waves of infections across the world.
Global vaccination coverage is essential to beating coronavirus.
Raab said, “That is why the UK is calling for a vaccination ceasefire to allow COVID-19 vaccines to reach people living in conflict zones and for a greater global team effort to deliver equitable access.
“We have a moral duty to act, and a strategic necessity to come together to defeat this virus.”
