Against Trump, U.S. top health official says virus vaccine should be global public good

If the United States is the first to develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus, it has to quickly share it with the world, the head of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, told AFP in an interview. 

President Donald Trump's administration has suggested that while it would share its scientific know-how, it would prioritize the production of doses for the U.S. population from the get-go. 

But Collins said he "absolutely" agrees with the French and Chinese leaders that a vaccine should be what they have called a "global public good," and expressed particular concern for countries in Africa.

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