Qatar calls for more efforts to promote equal access and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines – The Peninsula

Qatar calls for more efforts to promote equal access and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines – The Peninsula

Geneva: The State of Qatar stressed that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic represented the greatest health challenge facing humanity for decades, and that there is still a need to make more efforts to promote equality in the availability of vaccines and ensure its fair and equitable distribution to all countries.

Qatar stressed also the need to draw lessons from this pandemic and the early and effective coordination of future response efforts to any similar health pandemic.

This came in the statement of the State of Qatar delivered by Assistant Foreign Minister HE Lolwah bint Rashid Al Khater, before the high-level virtual summit on COVAX and the advanced market commitment mechanism, organized by Germany, Indonesia and Senegal, in partnership with Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance.

Her Excellency stressed that the State of Qatar has realized since the beginning of the spread of the (Covid-19) pandemic that addressing it requires collective international action within the framework of joint responsibility.

Her Excellency added, that based on its moral and humanitarian duty, the State of Qatar has sought, since the beginning of the crisis, to mitigate its effects by providing various types of aid that have benefited more than 80 countries.

HE Assistant Foreign Minister indicated that the State of Qatar