Covid-19 Vaccine Producers Have Human Rights Responsibilities

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A medical staff member administers a dose of the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine to a person over eighty years old, in the Santa Maria della Pieta hospital in Rome, Italy, February 8, 2021. © 2021 Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo Over the last few weeks, the relief brought on by the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out has been marred by supply delays and growing concerns around inequitable access. Of the more than 131 million doses given in 73 countries by February 8, 78 percent (more than 102.48 million doses) went to people in the United States, China, within the European Union, and…

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