The World Trade Organization (WTO) must help improve access to vaccines against the Covid-19 epidemic in poor countries, pleaded Tuesday (February 16) its new leader, Nigerian Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in an interview to AFP.
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"I think the WTO can contribute more to the resolution of the Covid-19 pandemic by helping to improve access to vaccines in poor countries
,
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said the official who also believes that the international organization must tackle to its primary goal, that of
“improving living standards”
in poor countries.