Unicef’s Celebrity-Backed Open Letter Urges G7 Nations To Donate Covid Vaccines To Poorer Countries Before They Expire

Unicef’s Celebrity-Backed Open Letter Urges G7 Nations To Donate Covid Vaccines To Poorer Countries Before They Expire

Share to Linkedin Unicef, the U. N.'s children-focused agency, and a raft of celebrity supporters have called on G7 nations to donate Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries alongside domestic immunization campaigns to avoid the risks of doses expiring,, as wealthy nations are being warned against hoarding vaccine supplies and inoculating lower risk groups like children while much of the world struggles to vaccinate its highest priority groups. Unicef said vaccines promised to poorer nations by the G7, some of whom have agreed to donate surplus doses later this year, "are needed now," and called on countries to do so by August and set out a plan to scale up donations as supplies increase. The open letter to G7 leaders“”signed by a Unicef ambassadors and celebrities including Billie Eilish, Orlando Bloom, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Whoopi Goldberg and Katy Perry“”said a donation of 20% of their vaccines could be could be achieved by August "without significant delay to current plans to vaccinate their adult populations." Despite a year and a half battling Covid-19, the letter noted that "the virus is still spreading in many countries and producing new variants with the potential to put us all back where we started." Unicef's vaccine