International Desk: Britain has pledged to donate surplus corona vaccine to poorer countries.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to make the pledge in a speech at the G7 summit on Friday (February 19th).

In a virtual meeting from Prime Minister's Office at Downing Street, Johnson pledges to donate most of Britain's surplus corona vaccine to poorer countries. He also called on rich nations to set a 100-day target for new vaccines to combat future emerging epidemics.

The UK has already ordered more than 400 million doses of the corona vaccine from multiple companies. As a result, there will be a huge surplus of vaccines for adults in the UK.

The UK government has said it will draw up an outline by the end of this year on how much of the surplus vaccine will be distributed to poor countries. The cabinet will decide whether to take a booster dose in the coming autumn (September-December), as well as monitoring the condition of the supply chain.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macho said in a recent interview with the Financial Times that rich countries should give 4-5 percent of the vaccines to poor countries.

The BBC quoted a British government source as saying that more than half of the surplus vaccine would be given to the Covax project. Kovacs is a UN initiative to ensure the availability of vaccines around the world. The United Nations has taken this initiative, especially for low-income countries.

In December last year, Britain announced 548 million pound and the United States 400 million dollars as grants for the initiative.

Source: BBC.

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