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Africa's vaccine gap

Is Africa getting Europe's unused vaccines a sustainable solution?

The G7 group of the world's leading economies held a virtual meeting today to discuss the distribution of vaccines to Africa. We hear from Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a global health expert with the People’s Vaccine Alliance. Vaccines aren't the only challenge in confronting coronavirus in Africa; many of the region's countries still don't have the ventilators needed to keep the most seriously ill patients alive. But now a Nigerian man has come up with a ventilator that's powered by water and is cheap to make; we talk to the ventilator's inventor, Yusuf Bilesanmi. Plus, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that the ride-hailing app Uber must classify its drivers as workers and not as self-employed; Susannah Streeter of Hargreaves Lansdown goes over the implications. And as President Biden takes the US back into the Paris Climate Agreement process, the ±«Óătv's Mike Johnson looks at the future of the US energy sector. (Picture of vaccine via Getty Images).

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Fri 19 Feb 2021 15:32GMT

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  • Fri 19 Feb 2021 15:32GMT