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No-one is safe until everyone is safe 
DIANE ABBOTT makes the case for a people’s vaccine to help get the virus under control across the world, not just in the wealthy West
Virus India

THE appalling scenes in India are a shocking reminder of the catastrophic effects of failing to suppress the coronavirus.

Even with the best will in the world, in a country as poor as India, with low levels of healthcare and often overcrowded living and working conditions, there was always a risk that this might happen.  

But the situation has been clearly exacerbated by following the model of allowing the virus to freely circulate. 

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