{"id":25917,"date":"2020-10-01T07:20:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T04:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=25917"},"modified":"2020-10-01T11:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T08:32:51","slug":"coronavirus-germany-commits-e100-million-amid-un-vaccine-access-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/csr-news-en\/coronavirus-germany-commits-e100-million-amid-un-vaccine-access-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Germany commits \u20ac100 million amid UN vaccine access drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Nations needs another $35 billion to fully fund its global vaccine access program. Germany has so far pledged almost \u20ac800 million. German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged \u20ac100 million ($117 million) on Wednesday to help developing countries procure future vaccines for the coronavirus. The commitment comes after Germany already pledged \u20ac675 million at two previous donor conferences. ”Today, I am in a position to announce another \u20ac100 million that we have earmarked as special funds for Gavi,” she said through a translator, referring to the vaccine alliance. ”This is Germany’s contribution towards ensuring that developing countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines,” Merkel added. She said the pandemic must be tackled on a global level and called on countries to get involved in the program.<\/p>\n

The announcement came as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for countries to help fund the World Health Organization’s global vaccine plan. Guterres said the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator program and its COVAX facility had already received \u20ac3 billion but needs another \u20ac35 billion for full funding. The program aims to deliver 2 billion doses of COVID-19, 245 million treatments and 500 million tests to developing countries by the end of next year. ”The ACT-Accelerator provides the only safe and certain way to reopen the global economy as quickly as possible. A national vaccine effort in a handful of countries will not unlock the doors to the global economy and restore livelihoods,” Guterres told a high-level virtual UN event.<\/p>\n

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab pledged an additional 250 million pounds ($322 million, \u20ac275 million), so long as other countries joined the fundraising drive. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven pledged $10 million while Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted a $440 million commitment made last week. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates addressed the summit, announcing that his foundation had signed a new agreement with 16 biotech firms to expand global access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. He said the world was on the brink of a ”great scientific achievement” in the form of a vaccine, but that low- and middle-income countries were only on track to cover just 14% of their populations with a COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n

Source: DW<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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