Greta Thunberg condemns vaccine inequality between rich and poor countries

Climate activist calls for governments and Covid vaccine developers to step up their game' to address vaccine nationalism

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Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to step up their game" to fight vaccine inequity after the richest countries bought up most Covid-19 vaccine doses and those in poorer nations have gone without.

Her comments on Monday came as the World Health Organization announced 5.2 million new confirmed virus cases over the latest week, the largest weekly count yet, according to the UN health agency.