The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory.
The Covid-19 pandemic’s U.S. death toll approached 600,000, even as cases and fatalities slowed. New York state is nearing President Joe Biden’s vaccination goal of 70% of adults receiving at least one dose by July 4.
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The governments of Moscow and the surrounding region are raffling off a car and an apartment, respectively, to entice Russians to get vaccinated. The lotteries come as the capital reinstates a lockdown to try curbing a spike in infections.
G-7 leaders have said they would provide an additional 1 billion vaccine doses in the next year, with the U.S. pledging to ship half that target. But it’s unclear how the various commitments break down between fresh announcements, earlier pledges, donations and exports those details may be made clear later Sunday.
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The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory.
The U.S. death toll is approaching 600,000. The country added 19,675 new cases Saturday, the most since June 2, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg.
The U.K. was removed from Abu Dhabi’s “Green List,” meaning travelers from the country now need to quarantine on arrival in the Middle Eastern city. The move comes as cases rise in the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he’s now less hopeful about lifting England’s restrictions as planned on June 21.
The Group of Seven fell short on a pledge Sunday to donate 1 billion additional vaccine doses to developing nations. President Joe Biden said the U.S. may be able to provide 1 billion more doses to the world by 2023, and again raised the possibility that the virus may have escaped from a Chinese laboratory.