Boris Johnson says UK booster jabs must come before sending doses to poor nations
BORIS Johnson today insisted booster jabs for Brits must come before shipping vaccines to the world's needy.means the UK should prioritise its elderly population getting a THIRD dose - despite poorer nations crying out for supplies.Credit: 10 Downing Street / BEEMArriving in New York to meet 100 world leaders at thethe PM was tackled on the thorny issue of how to get worldwide jab rates up to the levels of developed nations.
But he risks a row with some poorer nations desperate for more vaccines as the over-50s in the UK begin to get theirSpeaking on board his RAF Voyager on Sunday night, BoJo defended his booster programme saying: "If you ask me, should we interrupt thefor elderly and vulnerable people in this country, well I've looked at the evidence for what boosters can do.
"I've looked at the extra protection it can give people, and I have to say I think that that has to be our priority and we're going to continue to do that." But he insisted the UK was leading the way in jabbing the world: "That doesn't mean we're not making also a massive commitment to the rest of the world, because we fundamentally agree that nobody's safe until everybody is safe."
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