Global health, monetary, trade groups call for commitment to vaccine equality
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. AP - Jose Luis Magana
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World leaders must make a new commitment to a more equal distribution of coronavirus vaccines to bring the pandemic under control, the heads of the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization have said.
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The joint call comes as concerns rise that vaccine inequality between wealthy and poor nations is further complicating and prolonging a pandemic that has killed more than 3.5 million people globally.