Former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said there is a "desperate need" to get vaccines to Africa as quickly as possible, warning that it could otherwise become a "centre for Covid".
Mr Brown, who has been appointed an ambassador for global health financing by the World Health Organization, is calling for a concerted global effort to save lives, especially in poorer countries, to help end the pandemic.
Speaking on Sky News, he said that only 2% of Africa's population and only 2% of people in low-income countries are vaccinated and called for unused vaccines to be distributed where they are needed.
He warned that Covid-19 will spread in Africa, it will mutate and there will be new variants. "We've been stockpiling vaccines, we've got