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Sturgeon urged to challenge ‘staggeringly selfish’ Tory stance on global vaccine distribution

NICOLA STURGEON has a duty to challenge the Tory government over its “staggeringly selfish” stance on providing coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations, campaigners have said.

Scottish members of the People’s Vaccine Alliance made the plea to the First Minister as global leaders, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prepare to take part in the G20 summit in Rome.

A new report claims that, of the 1.8 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses that have been promised by richer nations, only 261 million jabs have actually been delivered.

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