Turkey's Erdoğan says COVID-19 vaccine must be for everyone
"I am calling from here once again for the procurement of medical equipment and medicine, and vaccine efforts not to be made into a topic of competition," Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a video address to the UN General Assembly, which is holding a virtual meeting because of the global coronavirus pandemic.
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- Published Date: 05:27 | 22 September 2020
- Modified Date: 07:26 | 22 September 2020
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in an address to the United Nations on Tuesday any future COVID-19 vaccine should be universally available, regardless of where it is produced.
"I am calling from here once again for the procurement of medical equipment and medicine, and vaccine efforts not to be made into a topic of competition," Erdoğan said in a video address to the U.N. General Assembly, which is holding a virtual meeting because of the global coronavirus pandemic.
"No matter what country they are produced in, vaccines that are made ready to be administered should be presented to the common use of humanity," he said.