A whirlwind six-week campaign to persuade the UK-hosted G7 summit to fund a $60bn two-year vaccine and healthcare support package for poor countries is being spearheaded by the former prime minister Gordon Brown. “We have got to take action to get money into poor countries,” Brown said. Brown said the summit should commit to ensuring poor countries were vaccinated and supported to get access to vital therapeutic and diagnostic equipment. He also wants the G7 to use its financial muscle at the World Bank and the IMF to finance wider support for health workers and hospitals in poor countries. In high-income countries, one in four people have been vaccinated compared with one in 500 in low-income countries.

Source: The Guardian April 29, 2021 12:34 UTC