Nobel laureates, global leaders demand free COVID-19 vaccines worldwide

Over 100 world leers, including bel Peace Prize laureates, politicians, artists, and rights activists, have signed a letter calling on international community to declare COVID-19 vaccines as a “global common good”. Dhaka-based Yunus Center, founded by bel Peace Prize winner Mohamm Yunus, said in a statement that COVID-19 vaccines should be produced and distributed across globe for free.

“We appeal to governments, foundations, philanthropists and social businesses to come forward to produce and/or distribute vaccines all over world for free,” letter re.

signatories include Kailash Satyarthi, Muhamm Yunus, Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Malala Yousafzai, Ratan Tata, Azim Premji, Shabana Azmi, Sharon Stone, and George Clooney among ors. y have invited all social, political, and health entities to re-affirm collective responsibility for protection of all vulnerable persons without any discrimination whatsoever.

global leers in various fields pleed to UN Secretary-General, Director-General of World Health Organisation, religious leers, social and moral leers, leers of research laboratories and pharmaceutical companies and media to join hands for a global consensus on declaring vaccine as a global common good.

“A pandemic clearly exposes strength and weaknesses of healthcare systems in every country and highlights obstacles and inequities in gaining access to healthcare. effectiveness of upcoming vaccination campaign will depend on its universality,” y emphasised.

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Similar appeal by UN chief

Earlier this month, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres backed development of “people’s vaccine” for COVID-19 which will be available to everyone across globe. dressing a virtual summit on June 4, UN Secretary-General h said that merely developing a vaccine is t eugh as we need global solidarity to ensure that every person has access to it. 

At Global Vaccine Summit 2020, UN chief called vaccine most important public health intervention in history which save millions of lives every year. He ded diseases kw borders so it is important to ensure that COVID-19 vaccine, whenever available, reaches to everyone. 

“A COVID-19 vaccine must be seen as a global public good and a people's vaccine which a growing number of world leers are calling for,” said Guterres.

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