Britain hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden COVID vaccine access – Reuters UK

Britain hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden COVID vaccine access – Reuters UK

Britain will host health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) rich countries in Oxford on Thursday for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to COVID-19 vaccines across the world.

British foreign minister Dominic Raab has said that equitable access to coronavirus vaccines will be at the top of the agenda when G7 leaders meet next week.

But as health ministers gather at the University of Oxford, where AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine was invented, charities stressed Britain could do more by supporting a temporary waiver on intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical firms.