Vaccine shouldn't go to highest bidder

By John Miller
Updated July 11 2020 - 8:41pm, first published 8:35pm
Bill Gates has warned rich countries buying up all COVID-19 vaccines would prolong the pandemic.
Bill Gates has warned rich countries buying up all COVID-19 vaccines would prolong the pandemic.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them most, not to the "highest bidder", saying relying on market forces would prolong the deadly pandemic.

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