alex harris is the associate director of government relations at the wellcome trust.s we think and act globally. the uk has made really impressive progress with its own vaccine roll—out, with half of all adults here receiving at least one dose. many countries around the world have yet to receive any vaccine doses. nearly 80% of all vaccine doses that have been distributed around the world so far have gone to just ten countries. and why this is concerning and ought to be something that we are all concerned about it this allows the virus to continue spreading, which risks it mutating to an extent where our vaccines and treatments are no longer working and we are back to square one. we've also been getting reaction from dr ifeanyi nsofor, who's the director of policy and advocacy at nigeria health watch in abuja. as long as there is threat of infection anywhere in the world, no matter where you are, that... and that is why i think that, when the vaccines were still in development, a lot more global effort, coalition, you know, having different leaders — both from the dev

alex harris, social. director of government relations at the wellcome trust, thank you very much.t a giant container ship blocking the suez canal — one of the world's busiest waterways. more than 300 ships are stuck on either side of the vessel, which became stranded on tuesday. 0ur correspondent sally nabil reports. the operation to refloat the giant container ship blocking one of the world's busiest waterways, continues into the night in egypt's red sea. tug boats and dredgers have been operating here around the clock to try and dislodge this giant ship that has been blocking the suez canal for the past few days. we understand that huge amounts of sand have been removed to make room for the ship to move. congestion continues to pile up in this strategic waterway, and the longer this ship is stuck here, the more disruption there will be to global trade. a vast trafficjam continues to build, with more than 300 ships stuck on either side of the vessel, which is holding up £7 billion worth of goods each day. strong wind had been given as the reason for the grounding of the ever give

well, this is charities like save the - this is charities like save the children and the wellcome trustcal, that you need to vaccinate healthcare workers in poorer countries, notjust everybody in richer countries. but they are also arguing that if you have large reservoirs of the virus, overseas in places like brazil, you will see more variants, it will be a bigger challenge for the vaccines and the whole pandemic will be prolonged. naomi grimley, thank you very much. in other news. there's been widespread international condemnation of myanmar, after the military there shot and killed more than 100 of its own civilians. defence chiefs from 12 countries — including the us, britain and japan — have issued a joint statement saying armed forces should protect, rather than harm, the people they serve. yesterday was the deadliest since the military coup in myanmar eight weeks ago. 0ur correspondent laura bicker has been monitoring the situation from thailand and sent this report. the protests may be smaller in number, but the pro—democracy chants were just as defiant. chanting a few dozen peo