WHO urges G7 on equitable jab distribution

By Matthias Roeder
Updated June 8 2021 - 5:35am, first published 5:30am
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says only 0.4 per cent of jabs have been given in the poorest countries.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says only 0.4 per cent of jabs have been given in the poorest countries.

The G7 countries have the power to provide 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses to poorer countries in June and July alone to help meet global immunisation targets at their summit this week, the head of the World Health Organisation says.

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