The Guardian: Covid: more than 200 leaders urge G7 to help vaccinate world’s poorest
Former PMs, presidents and ministers sign letter saying richest should pay two-thirds of $66bn needed
More than 100 former prime ministers, presidents and foreign ministers are among 230 prominent figures calling on the leaders of the powerful G7 countries to pay two-thirds of the $66bn (£46.6bn) needed to vaccinate low-income countries against Covid.
A letter seen by the Guardian ahead of the G7 summit to be hosted by Boris Johnson in Cornwall warns that the leaders of the UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada must make 2021 “a turning point in global cooperation”.
Fewer than 2% of people in sub-Saharan Africa have been vaccinated against Covid, while the UK has now immunized 70% of its population with at least one dose.
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Update: More than 100 former world leaders call on G-7 countries to pay for global COVID-19 vaccinations (The Hill)
WNU Editor: The focus for G-7 leaders is to protect and vaccinate their own populations before rushing out to save the world. And while I do expect a massive vaccination drive to take care of the world's poorest will be initiated later this summer, the task is going to be huge.
Many of these countries do not have the proper infrastructure to take care of their populations, let alone having the proper facilities to store these vaccines and to regulate/manage their distribution.
