G7 leaders commit $7.5 billion to vaccine rollout in poor countries

  • Date: 19-Feb-2021
  • Source: France 24
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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G7 leaders commit $7.5 billion to vaccine rollout in poor countries

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) economic powers, who control a little under half of the world's economy, on Friday agreed to "intensify cooperation" in response to the coronavirus pandemic and increase funding commitments for the rollout of vaccines in the world's poorest countries to $7.5 billion.









Days after the UN voiced alarm over gaping inequities in the initial rollout of vaccines between rich and poor