Boris Johnson: vaccine cooperation vital to help combat third Covid wave

PM stresses need to work with EU and says surge in infections is likely to ‘wash up on our shores’

Boris Johnson has urged international cooperation over vaccines, saying a third wave of coronavirus elsewhere in Europe would inevitably affect the UK.

The prime minister’s remarks came as one of his chief aides sought to shore up supplies of vaccines being manufactured in India during a visit to the country, and as UK ministers tried to dampen down the row over EU threats to block vaccine exports.

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