The G7 plans to donate 1 billion vaccines to end the pandemic in 2022

G7 leaders will pledge to deliver at least 1 billion additional doses of vaccines over the next year to help cover 80% of the world’s adult population., according to an opening statement seen by Bloomberg News.

Ahead of the G7 summit in the UK, officials are drafting a document outlining a plan to end the pandemic by December 2022. The document has not yet been finalized, but will form the basis of talks for the stage. leaders’ summit final in Cornwall, southwest England, from Friday.

In addition, Joe Biden and other G7 leaders ask World Health Organization (WHO) for further research into origins of coronavirus, where the first recorded case of the disease was in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019.

In a draft declaration that countries hope to present at a summit later this month, “Call for progress on transparent, evidence-based, expert-led Phase 2 study convened by WHO on origins of COVID-19 and without interference”.

According to a leaked document on the request, the president is working to clarify the origin of the pandemic, after a US intelligence agency relies on the theory that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan .

The United States is one of many countries that have called on China to be more transparent with its data and allow better access, amid ongoing issues. if the epidemic was caused by a laboratory accident, transmitted by wildlife or caused by something else.

The new research risks fueling tensions with China, which has rejected suggestions of a laboratory leak and international efforts to further investigate the origins of the virus.

On the other hand, Biden, announced that he will present during his European tour a global vaccination strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. “I have a strategy (on global vaccination), and I will announce it”, Biden said without giving reporters further details in a brief statement at Andrews Air Force Base, shortly before leaving for the UK on his first international trip.

A few hours later, the newspapers The Washington Post Yes The New York Times they reported that the Biden government purchases 500 million doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine to donate to the world, as the United States dramatically increases its efforts to help immunize the world’s population.

After receiving criticism from the international community for not sharing the vaccines, Biden reported last month that The United States would distribute 80 million vaccines, mostly through COVAX, the program sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO).

United States, where the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in December 2020, it currently has more than 53% of its adults fully vaccinated.

Likewise, Biden indicated that the goal of his trip to Europe is “strengthen the alliance“And” make Russia and China understand that “The United States and Europe are together ”.

With information from Bloomberg

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