WHO: just 25 Covid vaccine doses administered in low-income countries

Director-general warns of catastrophic moral failure' if richer countries hoard treatment

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The world is on the edge of a catastrophic moral failure" in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, with just 25 doses administered across all poor countries compared with 39m in wealthier ones, the head of the World Health Organization has said.

It was the sharpest warning so far from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus about the dangers of vaccine hoarding since inoculations started being administered in 49 mostly high-income countries.