A staff member displays samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at Sinovac Biotech Ltd., in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

The WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the world needs to prevent vaccine nationalism so as to guarantee the equitable access and fair allocation of COVID-19 vaccines.

世卫组织总干事谭德塞表示，全世界应当一同防止疫苗民族主义，以确保世界各国能够获得新冠疫苗的公平使用和分配。

"Vaccine nationalism" means every country acting for itself rather than for the global common good when it comes to securing vaccines.

WHO's antidote for "vaccine nationalism" is the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility, a pact of its 194 member states aimed at guaranteeing access of these drugs globally.

Collected by Lv Yun, Fu Shiyi

Edited by Lv Yun

Source: Xinhua, China Daily, CGTN

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