SINN Fein leaders last night begged Britain to send extra vaccines to Ireland.
Leader Mary Lou McDonald told “fairness and generosity needs to prevail” in the Covid crisis as she heaped on pressure for Britain to set out a timetable for dishing out vaccines to other countries.
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She added: “And if this scenario, by the way, were vice-versa, I would expect a similar generosity would be afforded to the British people.”
Britain has 400million doses on order – more than enough for every adult in the country, but the EU’s rollout is lagging behind.
It came as a World Health Organisation envoy called on Britain to start dishing them out overseas as soon as all the over-50s have got them.
Dr David Nabarro, Special Envoy on Covid-19 said it was a moral issue, telling the same programme: “The only way to deal with a global pandemic is to give fair shares across the world now.”
Asked if we should give away vaccines once over-50s are jabbed, he said: “I think we should… it is really a question of what makes sense economically, what makes sense for society and how it will want to be remembered in 10-or-20-years’ time.
“That’s the right thing to do.” Downing Street has said it will look at the potential for giving out spare vaccine supply to other countries around the world – potentially after the first nine priorities are given the jab.
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