over 500 million 0xford astrazeneca vaccines have been administered in 168 countries so far, accounting for 96% of the doses distributed to developing nations by covax, the global alliance that the uk helped to establish. with every passing hour, people are being protected across the world and lives saved by the formidable expertise that the uk was able to assemble. but all the efforts of this country and of many others, no matter how generous and far—sighted, would be futile in the face of another lethal virus that might escape our efforts, so the g7 has agreed to support a global pandemic radar, to spot new pathogens before they begin to spread, allowing immediate containment and in case a new virus gets through anyway, our scientists will embark on a mission to develop new vaccines, treatments and tests injust100 days compared
very sharp contrast with his predecessor, donald trump. is he coming to the g7 and, of course, nato, following that the geneva summit with vladimir putin, trying to show an embrace of the atlantic alliance, the global alliance, that america is back and wants to be a world leader. hence the delivery of the covid doses as well. so, he's trying to cement all these alliances, but, of course, overshadowing all of this is this summit with vladimir putin. he could have met vladimir putin on the sidelines of upcoming g20s and other meetings. it's a risky bet of inviting putin to a summit. putin accepted. he wants to strike a hard line against putin but also show that the u.s. can engage on arms control and other issues, on iran, climate change with russia, but so far since the summit invitation, putin showed no indication to back off. to the contrary, you saw winds,