UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) that “vaccine nationalism” was moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated.

The UN chief reiterated his call for vaccines to be treated as “a global public good,” available to everyone, everywhere on the planet, especially in Africa.