Steve Brine used a special urgent question in the House to highlight the importance of global health security as the Covid vaccine begins its roll-out.
The former Health Minister told Matt Hancock; "We will deliver global health security only through an international effort—put another way, no one is safe until everyone is safe—so I wonder whether he can update us on how we will work with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to help the poorest countries in the world?"
The Secretary of State replied by saying; "The way that we have managed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is to ensure that it is available on a not-for-profit basis, essentially, worldwide. We have taken this approach because, to put it exactly as my hon. Friend did, nobody is safe until everybody is safe. This is a global pandemic and we need to address it globally."
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