G-20 Leaders Pledge Money, Vaccines to Counter Covid Tension
This content was published on May 21, 2021 - 17:20
May 21, 2021 - 17:20
(Bloomberg) Group of 20 leaders including China and the U.S. called for greater global cooperation to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and prevent future outbreaks, seeking to turn the page on damaging tensions over how to tackle the disease.
China pledged an additional $3 billion in aid over the next three years to help developing countries recover, while Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will boost its contribution to Covax, the international vaccine initiative, to more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion).
Vice President Kamala Harris said the U.S. will continue to donate excess vaccine doses to countries in need. France will share at least 30 million doses by the end of the year and contribute 500 million euros to the G-20’s Act-A initiative.
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