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Omicron set to increase vaccine inequity as global demand surges for Covid-19 shots - The Straits Time, December 5, 2021

Published: 6 December 2021

Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past McGill Global Health Programs Director is among the experts quoted by Singapore-based media The Straits Time.

"Omicron will essentially make rich nations hoard vaccines even more, be even less generous about donations, give boosters to entire populations (and) close borders. How will we vaccinate the world at this rate?" said Dr Madhukar Pai, an epidemiologist at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ's School of Population and Global Health in Canada."

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