Article 5F5RM Donate to supply Covid jabs for all | Letter

Donate to supply Covid jabs for all | Letter

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Those of us who have received free vaccinations may want to show our appreciation by contributing to a scheme to ensure vaccine rollout in lower income countries, writes Paul Tyler

The timely reminder (A me first' approach to vaccination won't defeat Covid, 5 March) from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization, coincides with a growing public awareness that we are all in this pandemic together. UK citizens will not be safe - or able to travel freely - until all the world is protected. We who have received free vaccination - thanks to the NHS - may want to show our appreciation by contributing to the rollout in lower income countries.

To this end, members from all parties of the House of Lords have come together with GAVI (the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) to enable UK residents to contribute to the Covax programme. Our #GetOneGiveOne campaign has raised 56,000 from individual donations in its first week.

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