World leaders past and present insisted on Thursday that any eventual Covid-19 vaccines and treatments should be made available to everyone, free of charge.
The letter was signed by Senegalese President Macky Sall and Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The letter comes amid fury in France after pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said it would reserve first shipments of any Covid-19 vaccine for the US.
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