Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined about 140 current and ex-presidents across the world in calling for \u201ca people\u2019s vaccine\u201d against COVID-19. The call is contained in a petition they signed on Thursday in which they urged all governments to push for a free COVID-19 vaccine for all when developed. The petition was initiated by
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has joined about 140 current and ex-presidents across the world in calling for “a people’s vaccine” against COVID-19.
Obasanjo, who led Nigeria as a Civilian Head of State between 1999 and 2007, is a member of the Champion for an AIDS-Free Generation, NAN reports. According to the petition, the demand is the most ambitious position yet by world leaders “on what has become the most urgent quest in modern science”. “Governments and international partners must unite around a global guarantee which ensures that, when a safe and effective vaccine is developed, it is produced rapidly at scale and made available for all people, in all countries, free of charge.The petitioners noted that the world would be safer only when everyone could benefit from the science and access a vaccine, “and that is a political challenge”.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the demand comes as the world searches for a vaccine against the novel virus.
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