WHO: What who says about the two French doctors debate.

 

After the debate between the two French doctors, Camille Locht from INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research) and Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive medicine and the intensive care unit at Paris' Cochin hospital, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made reference to a comment last week from a "couple of scientists who said the testing ground for the new vaccines will be Africa".

Ghebreyesus said he was "so appalled" and that "these kind of racist remarks" don't help in time when the world needs solidarity.

"Africa can not and will not be a testing ground for any vaccine. We will follow all the rules to test any vaccine or therapeutics all over the world using exactly the same rule, whether it's in Europe, Africa or wherever," he said.

"We will use the same protocol and if there is a need to be tested and is well to treat human beings the same way equally. The hangover from a colonial mentality has to stop. WHO will not allow this to happen."

He added that the comments were "a disgrace" and "appalling to hear in the 21st century from scientists".

Ghebreyesus added that WHO "condemn this with the strongest terms possible" and said: "We assure you that this will not happen in Africa."

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