EU offers 100 million vaccine doses for poor countries

EU to supply 100m doses of vaccine against COVID-19 poorer countries, the president of the European Commission announced today during the G20 summit on health.

Everyone, everywhere, will have access to vaccines”, Ursula von der Leyen said at the start of the meeting, mostly virtual.

<x0m Europe) aims to provide at least 100 million doses for low and intermediate income countries before the end of 2021”, she added.

Access to poorer countries in vaccines, international solidarity and future pandemic prevention are at the centre of the summit of presidents and prime ministers of G20 countries to which the European Commission, African and Asian states, as well as 12 international organisations and private foundations have joined, reports ATS.

The summit's final statement, the so-called “Declaration of Rome”, will confirm the commitment of the richest countries to favour the production of vaccines in Africa due to technology transfer.

While we are preparing to face the next pandemic, our priority should be to make sure that we cross the current pandemic together. We must vaccinate the world and quickly”, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, whose country secures the rotating G20 presidency, stressed.