UNICEF urges G7 to dispatch vaccines

UNICEF envoys urge G7 leaders to supply COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Priyanka Chopra Jonas, David Beckham, Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom, Whoopi Goldberg, Angélique Kidjo, and Liam Neeson have joined an extraordinary call by 28 high-profile UNICEF Ambassadors and Supporters demanding that G7 leaders commit to donating doses of COVID -19 vaccines to poorer countries, including Nepal.   In an open letter, published on Tuesday ahead of the three-day G7 Leaders’ Summit, they urged the G7 leaders to commit to sharing a minimum of 20 per cent of COVID-19 vaccine dose supply urgently, to reduce the risk of the virus spreading further and the threat of mutant strains.