Red Cross president urges fight against Covid vaccine ‘fake news’

International Federation of Red Cross President Francesco Rocca (Giannis Papanikos/AP)

Governments around the world need to combat “fake news” around Covid-19 vaccines which has become “a second pandemic”, the International Federation of Red Cross president said.

Leaders need to start building trust in communities around the world about the critical importance of vaccinating people, Francesco Rocca said, adding: “To beat this pandemic, we also have to defeat the parallel pandemic of distrust.”