Tune in now to hear ONE's panel event with @ftlive - featuring @GayleSmith @davidpilling @Winnie_Byanyima @KGeorgieva and Shannon Klinger from @Moderna - who are discussing the economic impact of #Covid, and what we need to do now
@KGeorgieva [low vaccine access in Africa] "means a dangerous divergence" in the global response, although this is something we can "easily address"
@KGeorgieva the long-term impact of the pandemic "is not just going to say in people, it's going to come out, it's going to affect how countries are"
Now @Winnie_Byanyima "deaths, hospitalisations" are just a small impact of Covid..."the real impacts are local"
@Winnie_Byanyima "160million people have dropped into poverty...that means they die of disease, of hunger..."
@Winnie_Byanyima "the way to end the pandemic is to close the inequalities that are existing...we are not going to be out of this until we close those inequalities"
@Winnie_Byanyima "we have a Global Goal without a global plan on vaccination!"
Shannon Klinger, from @Moderna "We need to do better as a community, to address [inequalities and issues within the pharma industry on vaccine access]"
Now @GayleSmith "we're at a vital moment with #Omicron, we have an opportunity to learn important lessons..."