President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak throughout a bilateral conference ahead of the G-7 summit on Thursday in Carbis Bay, England.
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President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak during a bilateral conference ahead of the G-7 summit on Thursday in Carbis Bay, England.
Patrick Semansky/AP
World leaders of the Group of Seven are expected to reveal today a commitment to share 1 billion of their COVID-19 vaccine resources with the lower earnings countries struggling to control the spread of the infection. On Thursday, President Biden revealed strategies for the U.S. to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine worldwide. “Our values call on us to do everything that we can to vaccinate the world against COVID-19,” Biden said of the choice.
On Thursday, President Biden announced plans for the U.S. to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine worldwide. “Our worths call on us to do whatever that we can to vaccinate the world against COVID-19,” Biden stated of the decision. Biden and the other G-7 leaders are in the U.K. for the very first conference in about 2 years. The meeting is set to open today at Carbis Bay, a seaside resort in Cornwall in southwest England.
However in South Asia and Latin America, nations are still having a hard time to contain the virus. In late May, the World Health Organization urged wealthier nations to contribute more to COVAX and requested at least 1 billion excess dosages by the end of 2021. The COVAX program disperses mass quantities of vaccines to nations based on their populations. “By contributing vaccines to COVAX together with domestic vaccination programmes, the most at-risk populations can be protected internationally, which is crucial to ending the intense phase of the pandemic, suppressing the rise and risk of variants, and speeding up a return to normality,” WHO said in a statement in May. Biden and the other G-7 leaders remain in the U.K. for the first meeting in about two years. The conference is set to open today at Carbis Bay, a seaside resort in Cornwall in southwest England.
