LONDON, Oct 29 ― The leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies should use a meeting this weekend in Rome to agree how to transfer surplus Covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries, a group of former presidents and prime ministers said today.
In a letter to Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, one hundred former leaders and government ministers from around the world urged him to use the G20 summit to address what they said was an unfair distribution of vaccines. The group said the United States, European Union, Britain and Canada would be stockpiling 240 million unused vaccines by the end of the month, which these nations' military could immediately airlift to countries in greater need.
The group said the World Health Organization's aim for 40 per cent of the world's population to be vaccinated by the end of the year could only be met if the G20 made a joint decision to order an emergency transfer of their excess vaccine supplies. “Vaccine inequality also constitutes a threat to us all,” it said. “We are all not safe until everyone is safe. Without urgent and widespread vaccination, variants will continue to arise in unvaccinated regions, and may well spread from there to challenge the vaccine protection achieved hitherto in more vaccinated countries.” ― Reuters
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Malaysia records slight uptick in Covid-19 cases with 6,377 new infections | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) logged another 6,477 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The latest numbers represented an increase of 229 cases compared to the new infections recorded yesterday. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country, since the...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »
Malaysia sees 98 new Covid-19 related fatalities, brought-in-dead accounts for 31pc | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 ― Malaysia registered another 98 new Covid-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities nationwide to 28,674. According to the Health Ministry’s data on the CovidNow portal, this included 32 people who were brought-in-dead (BID). The total number of BID as of... Why
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »
Monsoon season won’t affect ongoing booster Covid-19 jab exercise, says deputy health minister | Malay MailBERA, Oct 28 — The monsoon season, which is expected to start in mid-November in several states, will not affect the ongoing Covid-19 booster shot exercise for frontliners and those who are eligible. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said this was because the administering of the...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »
SDMC: Only 12 positive Covid-19 cases in Sarawak needing respiratory support | Malay MailKUCHING, Oct 27 ― There were only 12 Covid-19 new positive cases reported in Sarawak today of having lung infection and needing respiratory support. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said another 768 cases had mild or no symptoms, bringing the total number of positive...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »
Pakatan Budget proposes injection of RM45b to address Covid-19 impact | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 ― Pakatan Harapan (PH) today tabled its 2022 Budget, which among other things, proposes an immediate injection of funds of RM45 billion, to finance efforts to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and preparations for the endemic phase. Opposition leader and PKR... PH proposed what. Since when PH good in Money matters. LiesFake Manifesto last GE was never forgotten. Malaysia bankrupt statement by LGE the Stupidest finance Minister ever Will be forever lingering in Malaysian. Anymore Scam from PH to Malaysian
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »
Beijing Games organisers say Covid-19 'biggest challenge', 100 days from start | Malay MailBEIJING, Oct 27 ― Protecting the Beijing Winter Olympics from the coronavirus is the “biggest challenge”, organisers said today, as millions of people in China were under stay-at-home orders to contain small outbreaks 100 days before the Games. The Chinese capital will in February become the...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »