Reuters.- The United States is pressing world leaders to support what it calls ambitious goals to end the Covid-19 pandemic, including ensuring that the 70% of the world’s population will be vaccinated against the virus by 2022according to a draft accessed by Reuters on Tuesday.
The three-page text is aimed at countries, international organizations and private sector groups invited to a virtual summit on Covid-19 planned by the United States during the United Nations General Assembly period that begins this week.
The document also asks countries with “relevant capacities” to donate 1 billion doses more vaccines and accelerate the delivery of the 2 billion doses already committed.
White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed the 70% vaccination target, but did not elaborate on the summit or the document.
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The New York Times, which first reported on the new targets, said summit invitations to world leaders were sent out last week.
The United States Document calls on the richest countries to guarantee the availability of at least $ 3 billion in 2021 and $ 7 billion in 2022 for the preparation of vaccines and to combat doubts about them.
Other key goals are to ensure that at least one in 1,000 people are tested weekly by the end of 2021, and to create a capacity that ensures that all healthcare workers have access to personal protective equipment, such as masks, by 2021.
The eraser also ask to the richest countries that contribute $ 2 billion to bolster bulk liquid oxygen supply and donate at least 1 billion test kits by 2022 for low- and lower-middle-income countries, and $ 3 billion in drugs for Covid-19 through 2022.
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It also asked the private sector to finance a global strategy of 2 billion dollars to boost the supply of oxygen systems by the end of next year, and to make test kits available to the poorest countries at a price of no more than 1 dollar the kit.
Last month, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other international groups urged world leaders to speed up vaccination, warning that fewer than 2% of adults in most low-income countries were vaccinated, compared to almost 50% in high-income countries.
Furthermore, they noted that less than 10% of the promised doses had actually been shipped.
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