COVID-19 is now a manmade pandemic of apathy.
Only 2% of people in low- and middle- income countries – where nearly 4.5 billion people live – have been vaccinated against the virus. Millions have already died, thousands more continue to die, and yet vaccines remain out of reach for billions.
We call on global leaders gathering at the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to make 7 billion vaccine doses available before the end of 2021, and an additional 7 billion doses by mid-2022 to vaccinate 70% of the world by next summer.