The UK has been named as one of two worst-offending G7 countries that failed to deliver the number of Covid vaccines promised to poorer countries – leading to 600,000 preventable deaths.
A damning report by Oxfam and the People’s Vaccine Alliance showed less than half (49 per cent) of the 2.1 billion vaccine donations pledged by G7 countries have been distributed, while its wealthy members are likely to have already secured the majority of next-generation coronavirus jabs.
