The world s richest countries are on Friday boosting their commitment to a COVID-19 vaccination programme for poorer countries.
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US are holding virtual talks on Friday to discuss, among other topics, how to speed up the rollout of vaccinations against the novel coronavirus.
The EU and the US both announced that they are doubling their initial contribution to the World Health Organization s COVAX programme.
The contribution from the bloc of 27 European nations is now €1 billion with Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen stressing on Twitter that we will only be safe if the whole world is safe.
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Mexico says it will get its first shipment of the Chinese Coronavac vaccine Saturday and by Monday will receive its first lot of the Russian Sputnik V shot. Both shipments are expected to consist of about 200,000 doses.
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