‘Universally low-cost’ vaccine needed to fight Covid-19, says IMF

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the international community to make available a universally low-cost vaccine to stop the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus.

In its Fiscal Monitor report for 2020, the IMF underlined the need for “global coordination for a universally low-cost vaccine and to support countries with limited health capacity.”

The report, released in Washington this week, urged governments to take “swift and concerted” measures “commensurate with the severity” of the health crisis, with fiscal tools taking a prime role.

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A man stops to take a photograph of a thousand signs made by an advocacy group that read "#GetUsPPE", a call for personal protective equipment for hospital workers treating Covid-19 patients in Washington DC, US. — AP
A man stops to take a photograph of a thousand signs made by an advocacy group that read "#GetUsPPE", a call for personal protective equipment for hospital workers treating Covid-19 patients in Washington DC, US. — AP

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