Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo has urged richer countries to share their vaccines with poorer ones.
Widodo said it “shouldn’t be just a few countries that get all the vaccines, and some other countries get only a little”.
He was speaking ahead of a visit to the G20 and COP26 meetings, where he will be meeting other world leaders.
Indonesia was one of the countries hardest hit by Covid pandemic.
President Widodo also made the case for why there should be more vaccine equity so that developing and poorer countries aren’t left behind in this pandemic.
“Everyone has helped, but in my opinion it’s not enough,” he said, in a virtual interview from the Indonesian presidential palace in Jakarta.
“In this time of crisis, advanced countries need to do more in helping poor countries get vaccines, so that we can overcome this pandemic together.”
His comments come as Indonesia attempts to recover from the ravages of the pandemic. At its peak, the country officially recorded more than 50,000 cases a day, but the real numbers may have been higher. Nearly 150,000 people have died, according to government data.
