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Newshour: 09/12/2021 14:06 GMT: Omicron could threaten supplies of Covid vaccines to poorer countries

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Omicron could threaten supplies of Covid vaccines to poorer countries

09/12/2021 14:06 GMT

09/12/2021 14:06 GMT: Omicron could threaten supplies of Covid vaccines to poorer countries

BBC World Service - Newshour, Omicron could threaten supplies of Covid vaccines to poorer countries

The WHO expresses concern as rich countries mobilise their response to the new variant

The WHO is concerned that rich countries will hoard Covid vaccine in order to mobilise their response against the Omicron variant and this will leave poorer countries without vaccine. Also on the programme, New Zealand plans to ban the sale of cigarettes and we hear about a new study that has found that microplastics cause damage to human cells .


(PIC: Vials labelled AstraZeneca, PfizerBiontech, Johnson and Johnson, Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines CREDIT: Reuters)

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