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Países occidentales acumulan grandes cantidades de vacunas contra COVID-19 y generan marcada desigualdad, dice medio estadounidense

On 24 February 2021, staff unloads the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines distributed by the COVAX Facility at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana's capital.

The shipment with 600 doses of the vaccine also represents the beginning of what should be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The COVAX Facility plans to deliver close to 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines this year. This is an unprecedented global effort to make sure all citizens have access to vaccines.
Anne-Claire Dufay UNICEF UNICEF Representative in Ghana and WHO country representative Francis Kasolo said in a joint statement:
After a year of disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 80,700 Ghanaians getting infected with the virus and over 580 lost lives, the path to recovery for the people of Ghana can finally begin.

"This is a momentous occasion, as the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccines into Ghana is critical in bringing the pandemic to an end,"

These 600,000 COVAX vaccines are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine licensed to the Serum Institute of India, which represent part of the first wave of COVID vaccines headed to several low and middle-income countries.
“The shipments also represent the beginning of what should be the largest vaccine procurement and supply operation in history. The COVAX Facility plans to deliver close to 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines this year. This is an unprecedented global effort to make sure all citizens have access to vaccines.
“We are pleased that Ghana has become the first country to receive the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. We congratulate the Government of Ghana – especially the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, and Ministry of Information - for its relentless efforts to protect the population. As part of the UN Country Team in Ghana, UNICEF and WHO reiterate our commitment to support the vaccination campaign and contain the spread

diariodominicano.com

   NUEVA YORK, 24 mar (Xinhua) -- Países occidentales han almacenado grandes cantidades de vacunas contra la COVID-19, lo que ha generado una marcada desigualdad entre los países ricos y los países pobres, informó un medio estadounidense.
   "Al asociarse con las compañías farmacéuticas, líderes occidentales compraron su camino hacia el frente de la fila", dijo el lunes The New York Times. Esos líderes ignoraron los llamados explícitos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para incluir un lenguaje contractual que garantizara dosis para los países pobres.
   Los residentes de países ricos y de ingresos medios han recibido alrededor del 90 por ciento de los cerca de 400 millones de vacunas suministrados hasta ahora, señaló.