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vaccines promised to poorer nations by the G7, some of whom have agreed to donate surplus doses later this year, “are needed now,” and called on countries to do so by August and set out a plan to scale up donations as supplies increase.
The open letter to G7 leaders—signed by a Unicef ambassadors and celebrities including Billie Eilish, Orlando Bloom, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Whoopi Goldberg and Katy Perry—said a donation of 20% of their vaccines could be could be achieved by August “without significant delay to current plans to vaccinate their adult populations.”
Despite a year and a half battling Covid-19, the letter noted that “the virus is still spreading in many countries and producing new variants with the potential to put us all back where we started.”the BBC that vaccinating children is not yet a global priority, but that “making sure that all of the vulnerable and priority groups around the world get vaccines,” should be.
Caprani reiterated the need for countries to donate vaccines alongside domestic campaigns or risk overwhelming low-income countries with vaccines they cannot use in time. “We could see millions of doses of vaccines not used and expiring, and that will be a tragedy,” Caprani said. The uneven distribution of vaccines and the hoarding of supplies by a few wealthy nations is a stark reminder of global inequalities, one that has been received poorly by the international community, particularly when low-risk groups like children are immunized first. In the U.S., the U.K., Canada and much of Europe, there are plans for children to be vaccinated and the U.S.
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