German Chancellor Angela Merkel is raising concerns with the leaders of the world’s wealthiest countries that when a coronavirus vaccine becomes available, poorer countries could miss out.
Speaking on Sunday during a two-day virtual G20 global summit, Merkel said progress toward developing a system for distribution to less wealthy countries has been slow and that she would raise the issue with the global vaccine alliance, GAVI.
“We will now speak with GAVI about when these negotiations will begin because I am somewhat worried that nothing has been done on that yet,” she said.
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