'Failing to secure this funding means people around the world will die,' warned RepJayapal.
"This is not acceptable to me, and it should not be acceptable to anyone," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusduring a press conference Wednesday."If the world's rich are enjoying the benefits of high vaccine coverage, why shouldn't the world's poor? Are some lives worth more than others?"
Some Democratic lawmakers indicated Thursday that they would consider voting against any coronavirus funding package that does not include sufficient money for the global pandemic response. "Hearing that critical global vax funding may be taken out of the Covid bill in the Senate," Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
Thursday."If the Senate does this, I am concerned many others and I may not be able to support the bill. We can't end the pandemic without global vax funding—period."the Senate"not to play politics with this important funding." "This pandemic isn't over until it's over everywhere," Jayapal added."Failing to secure this funding means people around the world will die—and as more people get infected, more variants will emerge and surges will be more likely in the U.S."
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