The diplomat noted that the global community must avoid vaccine nationalism, both in terms of production and distribution.
To achieve this, the ECOSOC president listed two key steps to take:
1.
Waiver or suspension of intellectual property rights so that others can produce the vaccine
2.
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UN ECOSOC president, Ambassador Munir Akram, said Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya can produce COVID-19 vaccine if the technology is shared with them. Photo credit: @UNECOSOCSource: UGC
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