WHO official thanks Britain for taking risk with ‘first dose first’ vaccination, calls on it to share its stockpile with needy

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The WHO’s Covid-19 envoy has praised ‘brave’ Britain for trying an experimental vaccination regimen and proving its viability. The UK should think about sharing some of its stocks with poorer nations soon, he also suggested.

The vaccines against Covid-19 are a “fantastic invention” and the world “should be accessing it in an equal way,” David Nabarro, who serves as one of the World Health Organization’s six special envoys tackling the pandemic, said on Sunday in an interview with Sky News’ Sophy Ridge. As a rich nation and one of the front-runners in the race to vaccinate its population, the UK is among the most promising donors for the UN’s vaccine-sharing program COVAX.

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