A handful of countries have pre-ordered enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to vaccinate their entire populations - almost three times over - leaving little or none for low-income countries.
Right now, over 60% of the world's population won't get access to a COVID-19 vaccine until 2022 or even later, allowing the virus to continue to mutate and thrive. We all desperately want to get back to some kind of normal life, but ultimately vaccine nationalism will prolong the pandemic and drag down the global economy for everyone. It is a self-defeating strategy.
Sign our petition telling governments to urgently share their surplus doses as soon as possible with the countries being left behind. If the vaccine isn't everywhere, this pandemic isn't going anywhere.
To EU leaders and the governments of Australia, Canada, Japan, the UK and the US,
We are calling on you to urgently share your surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses with low-income countries. We want the most vulnerable people protected wherever they live and recognise that none of us are safe until we defeat the pandemic everywhere.
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Sincerely,
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