U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ "one big ask" of ministers at the U.N. Security Council meeting will be to "do away with vaccine nationalism," U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
"It is clear that, in the path that we’re following now, we will not be able to vaccinate everyone at a speed that needs to be done," Dujarric said.
"It is fully understandable that each government looks out for its own people," but at the same time the wealthiest nations can also "show real solidarity through financing to the developing world" for vaccines, he said.
Guterres has repeatedly called for vaccines to be made "people’s vaccines," available to people everywhere as "a global public good," The AP reported.
