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Celebrities call on G7 leaders to donate covid-19 vaccines immediately

By Clare Wilson

8 June 2021

 

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A woman receives the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Siaya, Kenya.

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As some of the world’s wealthiest democratic nations prepare to meet in the UK at the G7 summit this week, pressure is mounting on high-income countries to donate more covid-19 vaccines to poorer parts of the globe.

Ahead of the talks, the children’s charity UNICEF warned the G7 group that member nations need to supply vaccine doses to COVAX, the vaccine distribution plan set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), at a slow and steady rate throughout the year. It said that …

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