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WHO roots for poor nations in vaccines race

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The world’s poorest and most vulnerable must not be “trampled in the stampede” for Covid-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization has warned.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said successful vaccines must be distributed equitably and that $4.3bn (£3.2bn) was needed to help fund a sharing scheme.

He said the question was “not whether the world can afford to share… it’s whether it can afford not to”.

Four vaccines have now reported good results from late-stage trials…

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