BEIJING: As new Covid-19 variant Omicron makes its way to more countries and has renewed concerns about its health impact, experts have warned that its emergence is a stark reminder of the real danger of global vaccine inequality.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said earlier this week that this new variant with worrying mutations, first reported in largely unvaccinated southern Africa, carried a very high risk of infection surges around the globe.

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