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Ex-UK PM Brown accuses West of Covid vaccine stockpiling

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Former British prime minister Gordon Brown accused rich countries of committing a "moral outrage" by stockpiling Covid-19 doses while poor countries struggle to get supplies.

Brown, who is a United Nations special envoy, called on US President Joe Biden and other Group of Seven leaders to urgently ship vaccines from warehouses in America and Europe to Africa.

Western countries are hoarding nearly 300 million shots while...

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