Vaccinate the world by end of 2022, British PM Johnson to G7
New Delhi: The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday expressed his views on the vaccination process. British PM Johnson in his statement appealed to G7 nations to commit to vaccinate the entire world against covid-19 by the end of 2022.
PM Johnson to meet G7 nations’ leaders next week, he will host the first in-person summit in almost two years of G7 leaders – which follows a meeting of the group’s finance ministers which wrapped up earlier in the day – and said he would seek a pledge to hit the global vaccination goal.
On the vaccination program – Boris Johnson in his statement said that “Vaccinating the world by the end of next year would be the single greatest feat in medical history. I am calling on my fellow G7 leaders to join us to end this terrible pandemic and pledge we will never allow the devastation wreaked by coronavirus to happen again.”
The leaders of Germany, France, the United States, Italy, Japan, the European Union, and Canada will join Johnson for the three-day summit in Cornwall, southwest England, which begins on Friday. It will be the first overseas trip for U.S. President Joe Biden since he took office in January.
The vaccination process in some countries – is very fast but many countries in the world are facing a scarcity of vaccines. Many poorer countries have not had the same access to vaccines and health experts have warned that unless more COVID-19 shots were donated, the virus will continue to spread and mutate.
In London, Janet Yellen – The US Treasury Secretary also urged the richest countries to promote vaccinations in poorer countries that could not afford to buy them.
Britain has ordered more than 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for its population of 67 million and says it will donate any shots it does not need.
