G7 in Cornwall, expected to announce one billion doses of vaccines to poor countries

The G7 summit opens today in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, the first in the presence of leaders in two years. The summit is expected to announce that the seven most industrialized countries in the world will donate one billion doses of vaccines to the poorest countries to help them fight the coronavirus. Meanwhile, today the landlord, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announced that the UK will donate another 100 million doses within the next year, through the Covax alliance, 5 million of which by the end of September. “At the summit. of the G7 – said Johnson – I hope my colleagues will make similar commitments so that, together, we can vaccinate the world by the end of next year and rebuild better after the coronavirus “.