Coronavirus: Vaccine diplomacy

Today we’ve heard a plea for rich countries with a surplus of Covid vaccines to fund the 130 countries which don’t have any. We spend some time looking at global vaccine distribution and hear views from around the world. We also speak to a doctor in the Dominican Republic, the country worst-hit by the pandemic in the Caribbean.

Also, we are looking in depth the impact the pandemic has had on students, especially on the most vulnerable and marginalised.

And we get questions answered on vaccine diplomacy and other coronavirus stories from our regular expert, Dr Marc Mendelson in Cape Town, South Africa.

(Photo: Women hold placards to demand fair distribution of vaccines to developing countries during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan, 29 January Credit: RAHAT DAR/EPA