Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged governments, vaccine developers and the world to "step up their game" to fight vaccine inequity after the richest countries snatched up most Covid-19 vaccine doses and those in poorer nations have gone lacking.
Her comments came as the World Health Organisation announced 5.2 million new confirmed virus cases over the latest week, the largest weekly count yet.
The Swedish teen who inspired the "Fridays for Future" climate change movement chipped in €100,000 ($167,000) from her charitable foundation to the WHO Foundation to help purchase Covid-19 vaccines for countries where they are needed — especially in poor countries.