1/6 War at World Health Assembly #WHA76 thread🧵Russia tried to block Ukraine joining @WHO Executive Board forcing a vote by secret ballot 🗳️ Ultimately Russia lost - w/ 123 votes in favor of 🇺🇦. Ukraine now takes a seat at WHO EB table while Russia deals with diplomatic… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2/6 War at WHA: While Russian disinformation infiltrated #WHA76 it resulted in total diplomatic failure. @WHO Member States adopted a resolution that condemns Russia’s aggression & maintains WHO’s emergency health response in Ukraine
(80 votes in favour 🇺🇦 and nine opposed). It… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

1/4We’re stuck in a variant vs vaccine loop. Current UK border control=bandaid solution til IP barriers around max vax production are removed. Indian vax export ban (due to domestic crisis) causing knock-on shortages. Even @BillGates has u-turned to support #IPwaiver @chrischirp 2/4 @Dominic2306 damning revelations on No 10s total lack of #COVID19 strategy further demonstrates why a “wait & see” approach is deadly during outbreaks. @IndependentSage also concerned around #AZ efficacy against #B16172 as some Indian #HCWs testing + after 2 doses @skynewsSam