The coronavirus pandemic can only be considered beaten once everyone in the world has been immunized against Covid-19, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said, after she'd met with the G7 leaders at a virtual summit on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, Merkel said she had stressed in her remarks to the group that the "pandemic is not over until all people in the world have been vaccinated," adding: "Everyone must participate."
"The [coronavirus] pandemic in particular has shown how much we are diverging from one another, worldwide."
On Friday the head of the EU's executive body, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the bloc would put up €100 million ($121 million) to fund the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Africa.
The Commission president said the EU would be helping to "ramp up" manufacturing capacity across the continent under vaccine-licensing agreements, as well as buying equipment and training staff.
The 27-nation bloc has also said it will double its contributions to the vaccine-sharing Covax facility, to a billion euro.
Germany, meanwhile, will contribute €1.5 billion to global efforts against the pandemic, and the G7 as a whole will contribute €10.3 billion, some of which will go towards Covax.
Covax is the World Health Organization (WHO)-backed initiative to try and ensure equitable access to a vaccine between the world's more developed economies and poorer nations.
On Thursday, the WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for vaccine-producing countries to donate jabs to Covax, rather than act individually.
The current global divide over access to jabs means that some poorer countries are still without Covid-19 vaccines, while others, including Canada, the UK, US, Australia and those in the EU have ordered more doses then they technically require.
Liam Butler
It's just the flu
Zachary Gutierrez
I'm fine thanks, especially since several of the vaccines are mRNA vaccines that haven't been tested on a broad scale, have no supporting longitudinal studies and worst of all the drug companies are indemnified against injury they may cause.
Still happy to be vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, tetanus etc etc...
Sebastian Perez
Imagine giving money to the WHO, who lied for months to cover for china while it spread worldwide.
Jason Baker
>Pandemic will be with us until EVERYONE on earth given Covid-19 vaccine, says Merkel after G7 summit
vaccination must be repeated every half or year up to 9-12 years. if you are using russian one then every two years up to 5-7 years.
Camden Robinson
>Imagine supporting the Orange Fool when he allowed the Trump virus to spread throughout the US like an uncontrolled wildfire resulting in the US having 20%+ of the cases and deaths despite having only 4.5% of worlds population. EVEN WHEN HE HAS ADMITTED TO KNOWING BETTER.
Luis Ross
>20%+ of the cases and deaths despite having only 4.5% of worlds population. Do you really think the Coofmakers are going to 1 test the peasants. 2 release anything to the world that makes the party look bad?
John Wilson
you mean trump acted just like the chinese communists when he wouldn't allow the CDC to report covid numbers anymore?
Owen Baker
Funny how that is the first thing covered on the news for a solid year.
James Nelson
So everyone on earth needs to be injected with some mrna shit when they have no idea what it does long-term. Will be hilarious when men start growing boobs or babies being born with 3 eyes.
RIP human race
Liam Williams
Or that the CDC was counting pretty much every death as COVID related to justify the extensive shut downs to scare the hell out of everyone. Remember, you have a 99.99% chance of surviving the chink death flu
Ayden Roberts
>Taking a vaccine that was not given the same strict testing protocols that all other vaccines are put through
No. When any other new vaccine will go through four years of testing before it's even considered for human trials there's not a fucking chance I'm gonna take a vaccine that was rushed out due to the demands of public hysteria and political intrigue.
I'm not injecting myself with some untested entry in the pharmaceutical dick-measuring contest between the US and Russia. Ask Christa McAuliffe what getting in the midst of a US/Russia ego-battle gets you.
Jordan Gonzalez
>Or that the CDC was counting pretty much every death as COVID related False. Every epidemiologist, virologist and the CDC state the deaths have been underreported >Remember, you have a 99.99% chance of surviving the chink death flu False. The CDC has not released survival rates and no one else has either because the methodology to determine it involves a large number of variables that vary from region to region. But if you divide # deaths 494,000 by 27,811,000 cases you get 1.7% death rate. Your anti-vaxer rightwing bobblehead is blowing smoke up your poop shoot.
Bentley Brooks
The variable is you got it, you live or you die. Region has nothing to do with it. Even at your stated 98.3% is good enough to make getting it a hard no
Camden Hernandez
Rent free
Connor Hall
Covid-19 is a giant hoax
Aiden Gray
>Your anti-vaxer rightwing bobblehead is blowing smoke up your poop shoot. If you take it, and think for one minute that you aren’t part of a trial, I have some bad news for you. But you go right ahead.
Jeremiah Sullivan
Absolute nonsense, get your head out of your ass kid
Thomas Reyes
Guess herd immunity doesn’t exist anymore.
Brayden Nguyen
1.7% of 330,000,000 is 5.6 million, to put it in perspective.
I see you have quite a Trumpian argument there, gril.
