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By Ashleen Herrarte GENEVA, Switzerland – A United Nations body has said that one of the reasons why COVID-19 death rates are higher among those of African and Asian descent is because racism is rooted in slavery, colonialism and apartheid. A majority of the COVID vaccines were given to high and upper-middle-income countries, and as such, was a replica of the “slavery and colonial era,” according to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). CERD is an independent body that monitors how UN member states implement a policy adopted in 1965 called the UN Convention on the Elimination...
