Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern, that was on january 30, 2020, and he said that there was a window of opportun
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The roll out of covid 19 vaccines has boosted hopes the virus can be tamed, but it will have to be a worldwide effort if its to be effective, and right now the signs are not so good. While tens of millions have already been vaccinated in the rich west, the worlds poor are facing a very long wait the phrase Vaccine Apartheid has already been coined. My guest is the chief scientist at the world health organization, dr Soumya Swaminathan. Is Vaccine Inequity undermining the fight against covid . Dr Soumya Swaminathan in geneva, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the show. Lets start with an overview. Is there any reason to believe that we are getting on top of this Global Pandemic . Well, one year ago, the Director General of the who announced that this covid 19 was a Public Health emergency of international concern. That was on 30 january, 20
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barrett on what more needs t be done to shore up our bankin system this is american voices. we begin this hour wit breaking news. donald trump declaring h expects to be arrested o tuesday in a post on his knockoff version of twitte truth social this is all in connection to the new york investigation int hush money paid to adult fil star stormy daniels just befor the 2016 election. now we should point out th manhattan da alvin bragg has not commenting on trump s post or the possibility of an indictment this week, trump s forme lawyer michael cohen testified before a grand jury in manhattan. back in 2018, cohen pleade guilty to making an illega payment to daniels to keep her quiet about an alleged affai with trump cohen had this to tie say abou trump s new comments t reverend al sharpton thi afternoon on msnbc the right thing to do is to leave it for alvin bragg when the indictment comes down we will all know look at the chaos that one tweet from donald trump ha caused nbc