CARBIS BAY (England), June 11 ― British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting today, and help innoculate the world by the end of next year. Just hours after US President Joe Biden...
CARBIS BAY , June 11 ― British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expects the Group of Seven to agree to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries during its summit starting today, and help innoculate the world by the end of next year.
Some campaign groups condemned the plan as a drop in the ocean, with Oxfam estimating that nearly 4 billion people will depend on COVAX for vaccines, the programme that distributes Covid-19 shots to low and middle income countries. With a global population nearing 8 billion and most people needing two doses, if not booster shots to tackle variants as well, campaigners said the commitments marked a start but world leaders needed to go much further, and much faster.
Of the 100 million British shots, 80 million will go to the COVAX programme led by the World Health Organisation and the rest will be shared bilaterally with countries in need.
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