The G7 will publish an action plan to deal with future pandemics

The G7 will announce this Saturday an action plan to face future health crises in the first 100 days after having tackled this Friday, on the first day of his appointment, the global recovery.

Group leaders –Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and United States– They are meeting in Cornwall, and on the second day, they will present the ‘Carbis Bay Declaration’, in which they will bring together a series of measures that will aim to prevent future pandemics after the impact of COVID-19.

“Over the past year, the world has developed several effective coronavirus vaccines, licensed and manufactured them at a good rate, and are now putting them in the hands of the people who need them (…), but for to really beat the coronavirus and recover, we need to prevent a pandemic like this from happening again. “British Prime Minister and G7 summit host Boris Johnson said.

Similarly, he expressed his “pride” because “for the first time” this Friday “the main democracies of the world met” to ensure that never again a health situation takes them “by surprise”.

At the summit’s first session, Johnson said they needed to make sure “not to repeat some of the mistakes” that have been made “over the past 18 months or so.” “I believe there is the potential to generate many, many millions of highly paid and skilled jobs.”, added.

Thus, the declaration that will be drawn up this Saturday will include a plan with a series of concrete measures. Among them, reducing the time required for the development and authorization of vaccines and treatments for any disease in less than 100 days, strengthening global surveillance networks and genome sequencing capacities, and supporting reform and to the strengthening of the World Health Organization (WHO), reports BBC.

OVERALL TAX OF 15%

In contrast, at the summit, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said G7 leaders “will support” the proposal by United States President Joe Biden to “establish in less an overall minimum tax of 15 percent ”.

“The United States is bringing the world together to have large multinationals pay their fair share so that we can invest in our middle class at home.”, wrote on his Twitter profile.

(With information from Europa Press)

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