Efforts are underway to produce an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus. EPA
Efforts are underway to produce an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus. EPA
Efforts are underway to produce an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus. EPA
Efforts are underway to produce an effective vaccine for the novel coronavirus. EPA

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Middle East countries expected to show strong support for global vaccine summit

Governments have been urged to contribute to efforts to save millions from infectious diseases

Callum Paton

June 03, 2020

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Middle East nations are expected to show unequivocal support in pledges at the Global Vaccine Summit in London on Thursday.

The Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, has urged governments and the private sector to donate for vaccinations to save millions of lives in the poorest countries and protect the world from future outbreaks of infectious diseases.

Representatives of more than 50 countries, including dozens of heads of state and government, will come together to raise an expected $7.4 billion (Dh27.1bn).

Donations will be used to protect children from deadly diseases such as polio, diphtheria and measles, and save up to eight million lives, but will also bolster the health of the global economy.

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“I hope this summit will be the moment when the world comes together to unite humanity in the fight against disease,” UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to tell those taking part.

“I urge you to join us to fortify this lifesaving alliance and inaugurate a new era of global health co-operation, which I believe is now the most essential shared endeavour of our lifetimes.”

With more than six million cases of coronavirus worldwide, healthcare systems around the globe have been pushed to breaking point.

There are fears that the additional pressure of Covid-19 could allow outbreaks of other diseases and threaten the global population at its most vulnerable.

Gavi is already working with partners to prepare for the introduction of a future coronavirus vaccine and ensure it can be delivered at scale around the world.

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A Yemeni man walks at a market in the old quarter of Sanaa. Reuters
Aswin Sarang, head of Reliable Robotics company, stands with a fever detection and hand sanitiser dispenser robot in Dubai. Before the pandemic, the company had been renting the robots out for events to welcome guests, but since the Covid-19 outbreak, Reliable Robotics has used its technology to help fight the spread of coronavirus. EPA
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Iraqi Kurds gather during a demonstration demanding the end of coronavirus lockdown in the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the Kurdish autonomous region of northern Iraq. AFP
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A banner with pictures of the English football club Liverpool player Mohamed Salah, Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo of the Italian club Juventus, is seen above a cafe that has been transformed into a vegetable shop in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
A banner with pictures of the English football club Liverpool player Mohamed Salah, Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo of the Italian club Juventus, is seen above a cafe that has been transformed into a vegetable shop in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
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Passengers wait in line for check-in for their repatriation flight for Libya, at the Tunis Carthage International Airport in Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
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