Russia Open to UN Proposal

Russia is ready to work with other industrialised nations on a global immunisation scheme proposed by the United Nations in a bid to make vaccines accessible for all.

A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.

UN chief Antonio Guterres suggested on Feb. 17, that G20 countries should create an emergency task force to prepare and help implement a global immunisation plan.

“We are ready to work out the details of the UN secretary-general’s initiative within G20 and are waiting for concrete proposals on this plan,’’ Maria Zakharova told reporters.

She said Russia was helping poorer countries access COVID-19 vaccines and believed that immunisation serves the common good.”

Guterres described the progress on immunisation as “wildly uneven and unfair,” with only 10 countries having administered 75 per cent of all vaccines. That leaves more than 130 countries that have not received a single dose.