As some high-income countries start administering booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine, many people in developing countries have still not received their first shot. However, health experts agree that equitable and speedy access to vaccines is required to minimize the risk of emergence of new variants, against which existing vaccines might be less effective. In their paper 'COVID-19 and International Trade: The Role of the WTO in Fighting the Pandemic and Building Back Better', Pramiti Parwani, PhD candidate at the Law Centre for Health & Life, and Prof. Gabrielle Marceau focus on the role of the WTO in recovering from the pandemic and facilitating access to vaccines