World leaders seek collaboration, demand free coronavirus vaccine for all nations

Following the ongoing efforts to produce a cure for the Covid-19, past and present world leaders have resolved that everyone should be given free COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were among more than 140 signatories of an open letter to the World Health Assembly.

The leaders insisted that the vaccine should not be patented while the science should be shared between nations.

“Governments and international partners must unite around a global guarantee which ensures that when a safe and effective vaccine is developed, it is produced rapidly at scale and made available for all people, in all countries, free of charge,” the letter reads.

“The same applies for all treatments, diagnostics, and other technologies for COVID-19,” it adds.