Decisive government actions are necessary to ensure swift
and extensive vaccine rollout, protect the most vulnerable households and
otherwise viable firms, and foster a durable and inclusive recovery, the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating in many
countries and uncertainty is unusually high,” Vitor Gaspar, director of
the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, and his three colleagues wrote in a blog,
as the IMF released its Fiscal Monitor update.
“Global cooperation on producing and widely
distributing treatments and vaccines to all countries at low cost is
crucial,” Gaspar said. “The sooner the global pandemic ends, the