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My father passed away from COVID this year in India. His death could have been avoidable if vaccines and treatments were available to everyone.

Three generations of my family have worked for our NHS - the current pressures are unsustainable, and that’s why I wanted to get involved in the NHS New Deal Day of action.

As the G7 trade ministers meet today, we’re demanding that the UK stops blocking efforts to scale up production of COVID vaccines.

The scenes from India’s COVID-19 crisis have been incredibly hard to watch. Without a rapid scale up of vaccines we’ll only see them playing out again - we need a TRIPs waiver now more than ever. (Image REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

In the aftermath of the scandalous reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would rather ‘let the bodies pile high’ than introduce another lock-down, Just Treatment supporter Carol Webley-Brown explained the impact these words had on her.

Our reaction to the outrageous treatment by the police of those who came together at the weekend to mourn Sarah’s murder and stand against gender based violence.

South Africa and India have put forward a proposal to suspend pharma monopolies on COVID vaccines during the pandemic, but the UK and other rich countries are blocking it. This is #vaccineapartheid.

Johnson’s vaccine ‘donations’ pledge is already starting to ring hollow - and falls far short of what is needed.

With no legal safeguards to ensure the protection of the NHS and to prevent increases in drug pricing, there’s never been a greater need for an NHS New Deal.

Exactly a month since supporters from Just Treatment joined hundreds of others to bombard the offices of Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. We take a look at what’s happened since - and what’s coming next.

COVID-19 was out of our control, but what happens with the vaccine is a choice.