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Covid vaccines: Boris Johnson pledges surplus to poorer countries at G7

BBC News Published image captionBoris Johnson speaks to G7 leaders by video link Boris Johnson is pledging to donate most of the UK s surplus vaccine supply to poorer countries in a speech to a virtual G7 meeting on Friday. He urged rich countries to back a 100-day target for the developing new vaccines for future emerging diseases. The UK has ordered more than 400 million doses of various vaccines, so many will be left over once all adults are vaccinated. But anti-poverty campaigners say the UK is not doing enough. Decisions on when and how much of the surplus will be distributed will be made later this year, with ministers taking into account the supply chain and whether booster shots are needed in the autumn.

G7 pledge billions for Covax vaccine scheme

news G7 pledge billions for Covax vaccine scheme © Reuters Leaders of the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy and Japan held a virtual summit G7 leaders have pledged to intensify co-operation on Covid-19 and increase their contribution to the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative. Wealthy countries are facing growing pressure to make sure lower-income nations get fair access to vaccines. President Joe Biden has pledged $4bn in US aid to the fund. An initial $2bn will be donated in 2021, with an additional $2bn coming over the next two years. Germany pledged an additional $1.2bn with Chancellor Angela Merkel telling journalists: I stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not over until all people in the world have been vaccinated.

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