and so far, only one in four african health care workers have been vaccinated. a fact the former prime minister gordon brown thinks should shame us all. it s really a stain on our global soul because we ve had a surplus of vaccines created in one part of the world and indeed stockpiling. and we ve got a severe shortage in the other part of the world where only 3% have been vaccinated in low income countries. and it affects us all because i think people are starting to realise that if we allow the disease to spread in poor countries and then mutate, it comes back and it haunts even the fully vaccinated. it was at this g7 summer summit in st ives when world leaders pledged a billion vaccines would be distributed worldwide by next year. but campaigners say the donations have been erratic and often included doses which are near to their expiry dates. the uk has so far delivered a quarter of what it promised by mid 2022. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must
spread in poor countries and then mutate, it comes back and it haunts even the fully vaccinated. it was at this g7 summer summit in st ives when world leaders pledged a billion vaccines would be distributed worldwide by next year. but campaigners say the donations have been erratic, and often included doses which are near to their expiry dates. the uk has so far delivered a quarter of what it promised by mid 2022. getting the vaccines to those who need them most in all countries must be a priority for every single government, notjust some. we need to also be able to use tools to drive transmission down, because if we don t, we will continue to see the virus change and the virus threaten us in ways that will bring us closer to the beginning rather than closer to the end. 2022 will see us enter the third year of the pandemic, but will it also be the year that