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OMS: El mundo ante ‘catastrófico fracaso moral’ si países ricos acaparan vacunas contra covid-19

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 27, 2020 a handout image provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the launch of a new foundation for private donations, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - President Donald Trump said May 29, 2020, he was severing US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / CHRISTOPHER BLACK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 27, 2020 a handout image provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva shows WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the launch of a new foundation for private donations, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - President Donald Trump said May 29, 2020, he was severing US ties with the World Health Organization, which he says failed to do enough to combat the initial spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Christopher Black / World Health Organization / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION / CHRISTOPHER BLACK" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS CHRISTOPHER BLACK

El mundo se enfrentaría a un “catastrófico fracaso moral”, si los países ricos acaparan las vacunas contra el covid-19 en detrimento de las naciones pobres, advirtió este lunes el máximo responsables de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

"Debo ser franco. El mundo está al borde de un catastrófico fracaso moral, y el precio de este fracaso será pagado con vidas (...) en los países más pobres del mundo", afirmó el director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

En un discurso en la apertura de un consejo ejecutivo de este órgano de la ONU en Ginebra, criticó la actitud "egoísta" de los países ricos y a los fabricantes de vacunas que buscan la aprobación reglamentaria de los países prósperos en lugar de someter sus datos a la OMS para obtener una luz verde a escala mundial para la utilización de la vacuna.

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