The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked rich countries to delay Covid booster jabs until the end of the year.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asked the UK among other well off countries to donate their vaccines to the poorer parts of the world.
“I will not stay silent when companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers,” he told a news conference.
“We don’t want any more promises. We just want the vaccines.”
The WHO boss said he wanted the delay to ensure every country could vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population.
