Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who arrived in the UK on Friday morning, thanked G7 host UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson "for bringing us together to put even more effort into this area because the virus doesn't know boundaries, the virus goes where it will". "Sharing vaccines now is essential for ending the acute phase of the pandemic," Tedros said, urging G7 countries to do more to battle inequality in accessing coronavirus vaccines. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G7 virtually due to the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in his country. "These aren't going in large warehouses which essentially (is) without going anywhere - we want to ensure that we are taking responsibility for our region, our family in our region," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 12, 2021 00:33 UTC