'Tie pharma CEOs salaries to fair global Covid-19 vaccine access'

A group of institutional investors representing US$3.5 trillion (RM14.73 trillion) in assets under management on Thursday called on pharmaceutical companies to link their executives' salaries to making Covid-19 vaccines available around the globe.

While the majority of citizens of wealthy nations are vaccinated and many are now receiving booster shots, across the African continent vaccination rates average only around 10 percent.

The World Health Organization has set a target of a 70 percent vaccination rate in every country by July 2022 in order to end the "acute phase" of the pandemic...