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To vaccinate 70% of the world. that's a proportion many scientists think would allow us to reach vaccine herd immunity. it's an important step, a small one, and let's not forget the reason covax has so few doses is nations like the us, like the uk, like israel, new zealand, canada, they hoarded doses, they cleared the shelves and there were none left for covax. you have a hoarding nation like the us finally donating some doses. a few crumbs from a rich person's table, if you like. in which case, how do you make those vast numbers of doses available? is it waiving the intellectual property righ...

This is bbc news. the headlines. the biden administration has unveiled plans to share millions of unused covid vaccines with the rest of the world. they�*ll distribute 25—million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80—million by the end ofjune. of that initial batch, 19—million will be allocated to covax. portugal will be removed from the uk�*s green travel list from tuesday, amid rising coronavirus cases and concern over variants. it willjoin the amber list, meaning holidaymakers should not visit and returnees must isolate for 10 days. seven new countries and territories w...

Are sitting on around 200—300 million doses, sitting on fridges, not used, not needed, ready to go. they should be shots in arms in lower middle income countries now. secondly, rich countries have bought an additional 1.5 billion doses, advanced purchases, that they don't need. they need to free up those doses, they are not made yet but they will be soon, and give those to covax. and lastly, your point, absolutely we need what is called a people's vaccine. we have to make sure that low and middle income countries are empowered to make vaccine doses themselves. no more trickle—down manufact...

This is bbc news. our top stories... president biden announces plans to share the first batch of its unused coronavirus vaccines — three quarters will go to the covax global programme. why exiled uyghurs are in london to put pressure on the international community to act against china. portugal is removed from the uk safe green travel list. a bitter blow for travellers hoping to get to one of the very few options for european holidays and twitter introduces a new subscription service — but will users want to pay?

And other specific urgent situations and public health needs, and helping as many countries as possible who've requested vaccines. gavin yamey is the professor of global health and public policy at duke university, and gave me his reaction. covax, the global sharing mechanism, has only distributed about 76 million doses so far to low income and lower middle income countries. this 19 million doses donation from president biden is a good first step. it's churlish to complain. on the other hand, it's not commensurate with the size of the problem and the need. it's like putting a really tiny bandâ...