INTERNATIONAL: Biden to outline U.S global vaccine sharing at G-7 Summit

By: Ollus Ndomu

Last year, the Group of Seven Summit was cancelled due to the high spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States of America. After month of high infections and deaths, the U.S has emerged as the model on how to successfully recover from the pandemic that continued running down world businesses, educational programs including political and social activities.

Joining world leaders in the G7 Summit, U.S President Joe Biden will today, Thursday, June 10, outline his administration’s plans to donate 500 million vaccine doses, around the globe over the next year in addition to 80 million doses already pledged for this month end.

President Biden will speak amidst the mounting global pressure on United States’ global vaccine sharing plan, especially as inequalities in distribution have become more pronounced across the world when demands have lowered at home.

“We have to end covid-19 not just at home, — which we’re doing, but everywhere,” President Biden told servicemembers on Wednesday adding that the effort “requires coordinated, multilateral action.”

In its new commitment, the Biden administration is planning to buy and donate 500 million Pfizer doses to 92 lower-income countries across the world through the global COVAX alliance bringing the first Steemad of supply of mRNA vaccine to the most hit countries.