UN urges jabs equity amid variant fears

By Michelle Nichols
Updated October 8 2021 - 6:07am, first published 6:05am
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked why there is still no IP waiver deal on COVID-19 jabs.
WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has asked why there is still no IP waiver deal on COVID-19 jabs.

The World Health Organisation has launched a plan that aims to inoculate 70 per cent of the world by mid-2022 amid fears a new jab-resistant coronavirus variant could emerge "very soon".

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