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When will poorer countries get vaccines?

20/02/2021 GMT

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Incoming head of WTO: “any donations must come now”; Mario Draghi - a week into office

Leaders of the world's major economies have pledged billions of dollars to provide coronavirus vaccines for poorer countries, but the incoming head of the World Trade Organisation says they're acting too late.

Also, a busy for Italy's new prime minister, Mario Draghi and his government of national unity.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Dr. Felia Allum, senior lecturer in Italian and Politics at the University of Bath here in the UK and an expert on Mafia and organised crime; and Alan Posener, a columnist from the German newspaper die Welt.

(Picture: Vials of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. Credit: Reuters)

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