Priyanka Chopra to Katy Perry: Celebrities ask G7 international locations to donate 20% of their COVID vaccines

By PTI
MUMBAI: Personalities together with actors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Olivia Colman, Liam Neeson and singer Katy Perry have signed an open letter by the UNICEF, asking G7 international locations to donate 20 per cent of their vaccines to international locations which want it urgently.

The letter, shared on UNICEF’s web site, said that the upcoming G7 Summit will likely be an important alternative to make sure that vaccines are capable of attain the “vulnerable populations” the world over.

Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Tea Leoni, Lucy Liu, Alyssa Milano, singers Pink, Liam Payne, Selena Gomez, Billie Eilish, veteran mannequin Claudia Schiffer, former soccer star David Beckham, tennis star Andy Murray are additionally among the many 29 personalities from all walks of life who’ve additionally signed the aforementioned assertion.

The three-day summit, scheduled to be held from June 11 to 13 in Cornwall, UK, will cowl a spread of points, with a specific concentrate on how the group can lead the worldwide restoration from coronavirus.

It is the primary time the G7 leaders are assembly because the pandemic set in.

“The pandemic is not going to be over wherever till it’s over in all places, and meaning getting vaccines to each nation, as rapidly and equitably as doable.

“This weekend’s G7 Summit is a vital opportunity for you to agree the actions that will get vaccines where they are most needed, fast,” the letter learn.

According to the assertion, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is delivering vaccines on behalf of COVAX, the worldwide vaccine fairness initiative, however proper now, “COVAX is 190 million doses short of where it needs to be.”

“Some international locations have dedicated to donating vaccines later this 12 months, however doses are wanted now.

UNICEF evaluation reveals that G7 international locations will quickly have sufficient doses to donate 20 per cent of their vaccines between June and August, over 150 million doses, with out important delay to present plans to vaccinate their grownup populations.

“We’re asking you to make these urgent donations by August and to set out a roadmap to scale up donations as supplies increase,” the letter learn.

Earlier, over 200 world leaders, together with former presidents, prime ministers and ministers backed a marketing campaign urging the Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations to assist vaccinate the world’s poorest from low-income economies in opposition to COVID-19 by paying two-thirds of an estimated USD 66 billion required.

India has been invited as a visitor nation to the three-day occasion and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is predicted to hitch discussions on well being and local weather change nearly.

The coronavirus has claimed over 3,730,500 lives, together with greater than 173,360,900 instances of confirmed infections the world over, in keeping with Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 tracker.

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