Abstract
At the Global Vaccine Summit on June 4, 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a united front from all nations. He described the need for a NATO-style alliance to defend humanity from the common enemy of COVID-19. This type of statement has become a familiar cry of multiple Western leaders. It is also a message that is undermined by the actions of many of those same politicians.
Highlights
At the Global Vaccine Summit on June 4, 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a united front from all nations. He described the need for a NATO-style alliance to defend humanity from the common enemy of COVID-19
The blunt bilateral instruments, which have not been approved by the UN Security Council and have been opposed by the UN Commission on Human Rights, imposed on Syria in the unsupported belief that they will hasten regime change, have seriously impeded the country’s ability to cope with the pandemic. Actions such as the US Caesar Act are being applied within the context of an 89% poverty rate.[1,2]
COVID-19 infection rates and deaths in Syria are currently believed to be low, with just over 177 cases and six deaths reported in early June, 2020.3 surveillance systems are poor, with unstable conditions in many regions and no standardised method for reporting infections
Summary
At the Global Vaccine Summit on June 4, 2020, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for a united front from all nations. EU guidance impedes humanitarian action to prevent COVID-19 in Syria
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