Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to urge leaders of other wealthy countries to commit to vaccinating the world against Covid-19 by the end of next year. He will lay out a global target at a summit of the G7 group of advanced economies on Friday. Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has called for people who have had both Covid jabs to get extra freedoms, including the right to travel abroad more easily. "I'm calling on my fellow G7 leaders to join us to end this terrible pandemic and pledge will we never allow the devastation wreaked by coronavirus to happen again," he said. The US has pledged to donate 80 million vaccine doses to poorer countries, while other G7 countries have offered much smaller numbers.

Source: The Star June 06, 2021 14:15 UTC