COVID-19 Vaccines – Biden, Macron Seek 1.8 Billion Doses For Africa, Others.
International advocacy Organisation, Global Citizens, has announced new additions to the line up for VAC LIVE – The Concert to Rewrite the World, a broadcast and streaming special. It said the event scheduled to hold on May 8, 2021, would be used to call on governments, the private sector and philanthropists to commit towards securing the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. It said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, would serve as campaign chairs for the event. The Organisation also said President Joe Biden of the United States and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris would make a featured appearance as part of the ‘We Can Do This’ national initiative to boost public confidence in the COVID-19 Vaccines.
Global Citizen said as part of VAX LIVE, it was campaigning to support the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator initiative, including COVAX, a vaccine sharing programme co led by the World Health Organisation, WHO to ensure global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. It said it would, during the special call on governments, asking them to pledge a total of $29bn, the outstanding balance needed by the ACT-A to get 2.8 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses plus tests and treatments to the world’s poorest countries by the end of the year.
“President Macron of France, Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada, and Prime Minister Plenkovic of Croatia will also make appearances.
