G7 Presidency statement
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4 June 2021
Australia, India, the Republic of Korea and South Africa, which share the G7’s open and democratic values, were invited by the Prime Minister to attend the G7 Summit as guests. UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock welcomed their involvement and support as he chaired a dedicated meeting on global health security, including helping low and middle-income countries in these areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that now, more than ever, it is essential we work together to improve health security for everyone.
This meeting comes as the G7 signs the Health Ministers’ declaration which includes commitments on global health security, antimicrobial resistance (
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Vaccines badly needed in developing countries
IMF, World Bank join call for G7 to do more on jabs
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President David Malpass told the G7, a club of the world s wealthiest economies, to release any excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries as soon as possible, and called on manufacturers to ramp up production.
“Distributing vaccines more widely is both an urgent economic necessity and a moral imperative,” they said. “The coronavirus pandemic will not end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in developing countries.”
Malpass and Georgieva, a former EU commissioner for humanitarian aid, will meet in person on Friday and Saturday with finance officials from the G7 countries – Britain, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, France and Japan.
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is 97 percent effective against the India strain of the coronavirus.
In this file photo taken on February 12, 2021, a vial containing the Covid-19 vaccine by AstraZeneca and a syringe are seen on a table in the pharmacy of the vaccination center at the Robert Bosc
Coronavirus: No COVID deaths in the UK in past 24 hours
The health secretary said the aggressive vaccination program was clearly working. But he warned that the outbreak was not yet over.
It is the first time in over a year that the entire country did not record a single death from the virus for an entire day
The UK Tuesday recorded no deaths from COVID-19 for the first time since March 7, 2020, according to government data.
Monday was the Spring Bank Holiday in the UK. Holidays have previously caused fewer cases and deaths to be reported when compared to surrounding days. Just one death was reported the day before.