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UN Chief to take COVID-19 vaccine publicly, calls it moral obligation

New Delhi
December 10, 2020

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he intends to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available and he will do so publicly, asserting that vaccination for him is a �moral obligation" towards the whole community.

�Of course, I intend to receive the vaccine when it becomes available for me in whatever situation that will be justified for that. And obviously, I will have no doubt in doing it publicly,� Guterres said on Wednesday.

The UN Chief said this while responding to a question during a press briefing at the UN Headquarters on whether he would publicly take the COVID-19 vaccine when it's available to him.

�I encourage everybody that has access to the vaccine to be vaccinated, because it is a service, not only that we provide to ourselves. Each one of us being vaccinated provides a service to the whole community because we are no longer spreading, there is no risk of spreading the disease. So, vaccination for me is a moral obligation in relation to all of us,� he said.

His remarks came during the hybrid Press Conference with Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat following the Fourth UN-AU Annual Conference.