G7 pledges extra $7bn towards Covid vaccines for world's poorest

UN secretary general calls for new global emergency plan to ensure vaccines distributed equitably Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly $7bn (£5bn) of extra funding was pledged by the G7 club of rich countries to speed the spread of Covid vaccines to the world’s poor on Friday, but the UN secretary general said the current effort to distribute vaccines equitably was chaotic and a new global emergency plan to fight the virus was needed.The two-hour virtual G7 summit hosted by Boris Johnson led campaigners to demand more detail of the timing and substance of pledges to distribute surplus vaccines to the world’s poor. The G7 countries are thought to have bought about 1.5bn vaccines more than their populations will need, but any surplus estimate is subject to many variables. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/19/g7-pledges-extra-7bn-towards-covid-vaccines-for-worlds-poorest #g7 #boris_johnson #emmanuel_macron #angela_merkel #united_nations #coronavirus #politics #world_news