THE GOVERNMENT cut a deal with vaccine makers for millions of new jabs, as
The deal for 114m Pfizer-BioNTech and
It seeks to "future proof" the
With new variants of Covid-19 expected to keep emerging as long as there is room for the virus to spread,
The latest strain of the virus, Omicron, had prompted the Government's deal for an undisclosed sum.
However, the
The Government has snagged around 54m
The health secretary added: "This is a national mission and our best weapon to deal with this virus and its variants is to get jabs in arms - so when you are called forward, get the jab and get boosted."
It comes as the
The pact seeks to improve the hangups the world has had to manoeuvre during the pandemic, such as data sharing, genome sequencing of emerging variants, and vaccines.
The global health body intends to launch negotiations soon, with the deal expected to be ready by
"That may seem like a long process, and it is, but we should not be naive in thinking that reaching a global accord on pandemics will be easy,"
Ghebreyesus added that the number of countries recording Omicron cases is expected to grow - which is likely to have played a role in the Government's acquisition of more vaccines.
"This is what viruses do and what this virus will continue to do as long as we allow it to continue spreading," the
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