Covid, Iacomini (Unicef ​​Italy): “Against the risk of variants vaccinating poor countries quickly”

“There is no security without fairness, we need to vaccinate the poorest countries and do it quickly”. This is the appeal launched by Andrea Iacomini, spokesman for Unicef ​​Italy, inviting “all political forces, right and left, to commit to Covax, the program supported by the World Health Organization to provide anti Covid-19 vaccines. to low-income countries not able to procure them independently. This is a theme, “not at all divisive on which we can find maximum convergence”. “We will never be sure – says Iacomini at Adnkronos – if we do not end all together to this pandemic by reaching the most remote and poorest places. The data shows that rich countries have already administered 44% of the doses, low-income ones only 0.4%. Let’s reflect! Against the inequality in the distribution of vaccines, we need to accelerate in the coming months. There is an urgent need to supply, as foreseen by the Covax initiative, 2 billion doses by the end of 2021 to the less fortunate countries that cannot afford to buy them. We place great trust in Prime Minister Mario Draghi who made strong commitments at the Rome summit but we must hurry against the risk of new variants “. Trust also, he adds,” in Health Minister Roberto Speranza who welcomed the proposal “.” Covax, after all, affects us all: for every vaccine we get, we plan to donate one to countries that need it. This would be the great revolution “, highlights the spokesman for Unicef ​​Italy, inviting the media to talk about the importance of the project.” Enough controversy over pro-vax and no-vax, let’s talk about Covax. Let’s bring down the epidemic by looking straight to the heart of the issue which is that of global security. I also want to clarify that it is ridiculous to think or fall into the error of attributing the arrival of Covid 19 variants to any migrant landings. It is instead one of the many problems that can arise where fair access to vaccination is not guaranteed ” he concludes.