The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres receives COVID vaccine

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on January 28  at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in The Bronx, New York. 

 

71-year-old Mr. Guterres was eligible to receive the vaccine on the basis of his age: New York residents over the age of 65 are included in the current phase of vaccinations in the city, which also includes school workers, first responders, public transit workers and grocery workers.

 

In December, Mr Guterres declared that he would happily receive the vaccine in public, and said that, for him, vaccination is a moral obligation: “Each one of us provides a service to the whole community”, he said, “because there is no longer a risk of spreading the disease.”

 

Source: UN News