WHO: Countries should pause vaccinations after frontline staff to ensure 'fair' distribution globally

WHO spokerperson: 'We're asking countries, once you've got those groups, please ensure that the supply you've got access to is provided for others'

World Health Organisation (WHO) spokeswoman Margaret Harris: 'We in the world, we're so connected and unless we get all societies working effectively once again, every society will be financially effected.' Picture: PA Wire

World Health Organisation (WHO) spokeswoman Margaret Harris said it is urging countries to pause domestic immunisations once their health workers and vulnerable groups have been vaccinated, as "morally" and "economically" the right thing to do, and because rollout "needs to be fair" across the world.

She told BBC Breakfast: "We're asking countries, once you've got those groups, please ensure that the supply you've got access to is provided for others.