GENEVA
Lack of resources or the use of insurance schemes should never be a justification to discriminate against certain groups of the coronavirus patients, a group of more than 30 UN experts said Thursday.
“Everyone, without exception, has the right to life-saving interventions and this responsibility lies with the government,” said the UN experts and special rapporteurs in a statement.
They said that people with disabilities, older persons, minority communities, indigenous peoples, internally displaced people, people affected by extreme poverty, and living in overcrowded settings, need to receive support from governments.
“Advances in biomedical sciences are very important to realize
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