Gordon Brown urges rich countries to airlift surplus Covid vaccines to world’s poorest
by Miranda Bryant from on (#5R9EK)
Ex-UK PM and almost 200 global figures write to G20 summit host calling for 240m vaccines to be shared
Gordon Brown has called on the British government and other G20 countries to urgently arrange a military airlift of surplus Covid vaccines to poorer countries before they expire, saying it is their moral responsibility" to do so.
The former prime minister has organised a letter from more than 160 former world leaders and global figures calling for richer countries to send 240m vaccines stored in the US, Europe and Canada to countries struggling to vaccinate their populations.
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