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On Friday ahead of the G-7 summit in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the UK would donate at least 100 million additional doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to poor countries next year. Currently there are plans to vaccinate the planet by the end of 2022.
Key Facts
- Boris Johnson A declared That the “success” of the UK’s vaccination program means the country can give extra doses to “those who need them”.
- 30 million doses will be given by the end of the year, including five million before the end of September.
- About 80% of the doses will be distributed as part of Covax’s vaccine-sharing initiative, Boris Johnson told the BBC, with the remaining fifth subject to agreements with individual countries.
- Boris Johnson has urged his G-7 counterparts – who are expected to announce their intention to donate one billion doses in the coming days – to make similar pledges.
- The United States has already announced its intention to donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Context
Rich countries are being criticized for building up vaccine stocks and vaccinating those at low risk, while poor countries still cannot vaccinate those most at risk of COVID-19. This disparity generates moral outrage within the international community, particularly because of persistent opposition by many wealthy countries to lifting intellectual property restrictions on COVID-related products, but also practical concerns for their own good. control elsewhere. The delta variant, which was first identified in India, is now the dominant form of the virus in the UK and is believed to be far more contagious than the alpha strain. This also appears to be less limited by the vaccines used and by the time COVID-19 spreads elsewhere in the world, this could change and create new variants that still pose a risk to fully vaccinated people. does.
critical review
Joe Biden’s decision to donate 500 million doses has been greeted with skepticism. Oxfam America activist Nico Luciani described it as “a drop in the ocean compared to what the world needs”. Some British politicians echoed this line after Boris Johnson’s announcement, with MP Laila Moran saying it “does not reflect the moral urgency of the situation we are facing”.
Translated from Forbes US – Author: Robert Hart
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