On March 11th, local time, the United Nations launched the "Only Together" public publicity campaign, calling on COVID-19 vaccine to become a global public product under the leadership of the United Nations vaccine program and provide it to people in need around the world.
In his speech, UN Secretary-General Guterres said that the COVID-19 epidemic has triggered a huge wave of suffering around the world, resulting in more than 2.5 million deaths and leaving millions of people who will suffer long-term health effects.
At present, people have developed vaccines, "seeing the light at the end of the tunnel" and have the tools to stop the epidemic.
But Guterres said, unfortunately, a few rich countries use most of the vaccines at present, and COVID-19 vaccine must become a global public product, because no country can overcome this crisis in isolation.
He said that the COVAX global vaccine program led by the United Nations is the best scheme to make vaccines a global public product. Therefore, Guterres called for a global vaccine program to protect medical staff and the most vulnerable people in the world.
"Only by working together can we revive the economy; Only by working together can we end the epidemic and recover from it. After that, we can return to the things we love together. " (CCTV reporter Xu Dezhi)