How to drive a post pandemic economic recovery and the small matter of tackling climate change. well today borisjohnson is promising the uk wil donate 100 million vaccine doses to poorer countries that comes after president biden promised 500 million doses. yesterday mrjohnson and mr biden had their first face to face talks. the prime minister said the relationship between the two countries is industructible . 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. summits can sometimes be talking shops, where the pictures of world leaders rubbing shoulders or at least elbows are not matched by policy decisions that change lives. well, this g7 could be different, for the wealthy nations which make up this group have a chance to take real action to tackle the covid pandemic. in africa, only about 2% of people have been vaccinated,
Leaders are beginning to arrive here in cornwall for this three day g7 summit. the g7, just to remind you, the nations of canada, france, germany, italy, japan, uk, united states as well. italy, have of course been very badly hit, one of the first countries to be badly hit by the pandemic, and the prime minister came to talk about a recovery plan, which would involve his country, but also the countries of the world. that is very much on the agenda here. how to get a global economic recovery after this pandemic. in the shorter term, how to vaccinate the world. we have heard those promises from joe biden to donate 500 million doses. boris johnson has promised 100 million doses to the bigger nations of the world. have not heard a concrete promise from mario draghi and italy
If it s not waived, there can be no prosecution, so it seems to us, as a family, that that is what is being openly discussed now between the president and the prime minister and it s what the family and the nation have been crying out for, for all of these months, it doesn t matter who you are, even if you have diplomatic immunity, it should not be used in these circumstances, and let s be honest, this was not america s this was not america s finest hour in terms of treating its closest ally very well. and we are just, honestly, thrilled that president biden is now in place and clearly taking a completely different approach to it. we have just heard some of what charlotte has had to say about all of this. what else can you tell us about the family s reaction to these latest developments? to be honest, it s a miracle to me that they get out of bed each day. they are suffering intensely. they won t mind me saying that they are all seeking
Around the world can ramp up reduction and make sure everybody has access as soon as possible. mmp has access as soon as possible. ramp up production. borisjohnson said he wants everyone to be vaccinated by the end of next year. a trickle of charities not going to get us there. we need to lift the patterns on these vaccines, as president macron and president biden of no call for. we need an agreement from all g7 leaders and boris johnson to stop blocking the proposal have now called for. horse proposal have now called for. how man , proposal have now called for. how many. give proposal have now called for. how many. give us proposal have now called for. how many. give us an proposal have now called for. how many, give us an idea, we have heard one figure from the world health organization that 11 billion doses 0rganization that 11 billion doses are needed globally to cover about 70% of the population. have you got to figure in mind for how many vaccine doses y