Covid will come back to haunt the west unless Africa is vaccinated, says Brown

Gordon Brown said hundreds of millions of doses are lying in warehouses in Europe and North America when they could be used in African countries

Gordon Brown called on western leaders to redirect supplies to Africa (Jane Barlow/PA)

Coronavirus will come back to haunt the west unless vaccination rates in Africa are improved, former British prime minister Gordon Brown has said.

Mr Brown said hundreds of millions of doses are lying in warehouses in Europe and North America when they could be used in African countries.