President Higgins calls for fairer distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations

Mr Higgins was speaking in a video address to mark International Workers’ Day today. File Picture: Maxwells

President Michael D Higgins has called on the world's wealthier countries to show “solidarity” by distributing Covid-19 vaccines to poorer nations.

The President said the ongoing Covid-19 crisis had "laid bare many of the dire consequences of both existing economic inequalities and widespread inadequacies in social protection.”