Global faith leaders call for drug firms to vaccinate world against Covid

Exclusive: almost 150 religious heads say every person is precious' as they demand end to vaccine nationalism

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Faith leaders are calling on states and pharmaceutical companies to produce and distribute enough vaccines to immunise the entire global population against Covid-19, saying there is a moral obligation" to reach everyone.

Almost 150 religious leaders from around the world - including Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, Thabo Makgoba, the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, and Cardinal Peter Turkson of the Roman Catholic church - are urging an end to vaccine nationalism. The Dalai Lama is also supporting the campaign.