Millions of Covid vaccines risk being wasted if rich countries send poorer ones large quantities of remaining doses at once: rather, a year-round supply is needed because these countries do not have the resources to use them all together. This is the appeal to the G7 nations launched by Unicef and signed by stars such as Billie Eilish and David Beckham.
In a letter sent to the Group of Seven, Unicef asks Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States to donate 20% of their vaccines by August. Among the other signatories of the letter, the Bbc, ci sono Ewan McGregor, Liam Payne, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Orlando Bloom, Katy Perry, Whoopi Goldberg e Claudia Schiffer.
“Low-income countries need a constant supply,” he said, “Lily Caprani, head of vaccines at Unicef, told BBC Newsnight, reiterating that” countries must vaccinate their populations at the same time as the rest of the world. ” “The priority right now is to make sure that all vulnerable and priority groups around the world receive the vaccines,” he added. So we say that countries like the UK and (the rest) of the G7 countries must donate their doses to those low incomes now, while continuing to vaccinate their respective populations. “
In their letter, celebrities said Unicef is already delivering vaccines to poor countries, but the charity is short on 190 million doses.