Boris Johnson to call on G7 leaders to vaccinate entire world by end of 2022
- ‘I’m calling on my fellow G7 leaders to join us to end to this terrible pandemic,’ said Johnson
- The face-to-face gathering of G7 world leaders will take place in Cornwall, UK on Friday
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on fellow leaders at the G7 in Cornwall to pledge to vaccinate the world's population against coronavirus by the end of 2022.
With the face-to-face gathering of leaders due to take place on Friday, Boris Johnson is planning to use Britain's G7 presidency to implore his counterparts to “rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era” and put a stop to the pandemic by ensuring every person on the globe has access to a jab within the next 18 months.
“Next week the leaders of the world's greatest democracies will gather at a historic moment for our countries and for the planet,” said Johnson.
“The world is looking to us to rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era: defeating Covid and leading a global recovery driven by our shared values. Vaccinating the world by the end of next year would be the single greatest feat in medical history.”
“I'm calling on my fellow G7 leaders to join us to end to this terrible pandemic and pledge will we never allow the devastation wreaked by coronavirus to happen again.”