G7 countries should donate excess supplies to the global vaccine-sharing scheme as 'a minimum, essential' measure, UNICEF has said, to plug an 'emergency' gap triggered by a drop-off in Indian exports
COVID-19: Concerns raised over extension of vaccine rollout to younger age groups to tackle Indian variant
UN agency UNICEF, which oversees the supply of coronavirus vaccines through COVAX, estimates the shortfall at 140 million doses by the end of May and about 190 million by the end of June. Ms Fore said G7 countries could donate about 153 million doses if they shared just 20% of their available supply over June, July and August, citing new research from scientific information and analytics company Airfinity.UNICEF director Henrietta Fore says sharing immediately available excess doses is a 'minimum, essential and emergency' measure. Pic: UNICEF/UN0154449/Nesbitt
She said countries could achieve this while still meeting commitments to vaccinate their own populations, though did not provide further detail.But it expects those those delays to be resolved by the end of June.
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