German health minister Jens Spahn wanted to distribute potentially faulty masks to the homeless and people with disabilities after spending more than 1 billion euros on a large stock from China last year, a report says.
Africa has the lowest vaccination rate of all continents. African countries have received few doses so far. But, even when doses are available, some countries struggle to get people vaccinated.
Africa has the lowest vaccination rate of all continents. African countries have received few doses so far. But, even when doses are available, some countries struggle to get people vaccinated.
Vaccines badly needed in developing countries
IMF, World Bank join call for G7 to do more on jabs
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and World Bank President David Malpass told the G7, a club of the world s wealthiest economies, to release any excess COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries as soon as possible, and called on manufacturers to ramp up production.
“Distributing vaccines more widely is both an urgent economic necessity and a moral imperative,” they said. “The coronavirus pandemic will not end until everyone has access to vaccines, including people in developing countries.”
Malpass and Georgieva, a former EU commissioner for humanitarian aid, will meet in person on Friday and Saturday with finance officials from the G7 countries – Britain, the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, France and Japan.