Hello and welcome If you re watchIng In The Uk or Around The World. The IndIan ForeIgn MInIster has confIrmed that Its delegatIon at the meetIng of the G7 Group here In london Is self IsolatIng after two Members Tested posItIve for CovId 19. The news comes on the day the pandemIc Is beIng dIscussed at the meetIng wIth the focus on the global dIstrIbutIon of coronavIrus vaccInes. Theres growIng pressure to share stockpIles and Know How wIth poor natIons traIlIng far behInd In fIghtIng the pandemIc. The World Trade OrganIstIon Is also meetIng to look at one solutIon waIvIng VaccIne Patent rIghts. Courtney bembrIdge has the detaIls. Are wealthy natIons doIng enough to help poorer countrIes tackle CovId 19 . Thats the questIon beIng put to g7 ForeIgn MInIsters, who are meetIng to consIder new ways to ensure faIrer access to vaccIne stockpIles. The g7 countrIes are the worlds economIc and polItIcal leaders. Theyre also home to many of the Worlds VaccIne producers. We wIll only solve the Vac
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The biden administration says it supports waiving Intellectual Property Protections for coronavirus vaccines a breakthrough for international efforts to suspend Patent Rules as the pandemic rages in India And South america. Theres been growing pressure on the worlds richest nations to share their Vaccine Stockpiles with poorer nations to bridge the scale of the vaccine gap. The issue was discussed on wednesday In London at a meeting of ministers from the g7 group, comprising some of the wealthiest nations in the world. Lets put the issue into context. Starting in the us, 73 doses per 100 of population have been administered so far more than 240 Million vaccinations. But almost 12,000 kilometres away in the democratic republic of congo, there have been only 0. 01 doses per 100 people distributed so far. Their roll out only began on april the 1st. In south america, peru has administered 4. 81; doses per 100 of their population. And here in the uk, 68. 7 dos