Dr Mike Ryan: 'If we can’t get vaccine equity right, how are we going to get climate justice right?'

Dr Michael Ryan said Omicron remains 'a massive threat' to unvaccinated people. File picture: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

Unless the world can solve the problem of vaccine inequity, there is little chance for climate change and other global issues, Dr Mike Ryan from the World Health Organisation has warned.

The WHO has confirmed 15m new Covid-19 cases around the world in the first week of January, with 7m of those in Europe.