No one’s safe until we’re all safe: Omicron and vaccine equity

When the Omicron COVID variant was first identified in South Africa, campaigners were quick to point the blame at the global West for failing to share vaccines with the world’s poorest countries.<br /><br />On the Sky News Daily podcast with Dermot Murnaghan, we are joined by global health expert Dr Wafaa El-Sadr and Professor Salim Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist based in Durban, South Africa to discuss how Omicron evolved and if a lack of global vaccine equity is to blame.<br /><br />Daily podcast team:<br />Senior podcast producer - Annie Joyce<br />Podcast producer – Rosie Gillott <br />Podcast producer – Soila Apparicio <br />Junior podcast producer – Aishah Rahman <br />Interviews producer – Alys Bowen<br />Archive - Simon Windsor<br />Archive – Nelly Stefanova <br />Archive – Rob Fellowes