BANGKOK: More than 50 European and Asian leaders called for vaccine equity at a virtual summit as a new Covid-19 variant was detected in South Africa.

The two-day 13th summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, hosted by Cambodian leader Hun Sen, came as nations raced to slow the spread of the new more infectious strain — known as B.1.1.529 — that scientists fear could be more resistant to vaccines.

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