Coronavirus Australia: WHO reveals who should receive vaccine first

The World Health Organisation says a coronavirus vaccine should be distributed according to need.

WHO reveals who should receive vaccine first

The World Health Organisation says a coronavirus vaccine should be distributed according to need.

In a series of tweets, the organisation said frontline workers, older people and sick and vulnerable populations were the highest priority, and that “vaccine nationalism” – which is when a few countries secure more vaccines than their populations need, leaving the large majority of the world without – should be opposed.

The Access to #COVID19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator aims to provide equitable access to tools to tackle all forms of #COVID19 disease (from asymptomatic to mild and severe disease). pic.twitter.com/zpL51DmyIy

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) September 10, 2020