Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has said in an address to the United Nations any future Covid-19 vaccine should be universally available, regardless of where it is produced.

“I am calling from here once again for the procurement of medical equipment and medicine, and vaccine efforts not to be made into a topic of competition,” Erdogan said in a video address to the UN General Assembly.

“No matter what country they are produced in, vaccines that are made ready to be administered should be presented to the common use of humanity,” he said.

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