About 30 celebrities, including the singer Katy Perry and footballer David Beckham, They asked the G7 that will meet next weekend in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, to share the vaccines against covid-19 with the poorest countries.
Celebrities of entertainment and sports sent an open letter to the G7 countries (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, United States and Japan), urging them to allocate to poor nations at least 20% of the supply of vaccines between June and August, which is equivalent to 150 million doses.
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“The world has spent a year and a half fighting the covid-19 pandemic, but the virus continues to spread in many countries and produce new variants with the risk to get us back to where we started, “the celebrity letter stated.
“This means more school closings, more interruptions in medical care and greater financial consequences, which threatens the future of families and children everywhere, “he added.
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Among the signatories, often goodwill ambassadors of the UN agency for children (Unicef), there are actors and actresses Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Whoopi Goldberg.
All of them urge the heads of state of the G7 countries that will meet between 11 and 13 June in Cornwall (UK), to ensure a “fair and equitable supply” of vaccines to low-income countries and media.
The G7 meeting will unite the leaders of United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan, and will facilitate bilateral meetings like the one scheduled between French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart, Joe Biden.
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