PORT AU PRINCE: Six presidents of Latin American and Caribbean countries called on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) on the international community for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, asking those countries with the most doses to share them.

'We strongly appeal to countries, which have a surplus of doses or which have already vaccinated their populations at risk, to implement measures so that these surpluses are distributed equitably and immediately,' said a joint statement issued by Costa Rica's President Carlos Alvarado.