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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.