Although a report by the World Health Organization on the origins of COVID-19 concluded it was "extremely unlikely" the virus escaped from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, on 26 May US President Joe Biden set a 90-day deadline for intelligence officials to probe if the pandemic might have been the result of a “laboratory accident".
At the G7 summit in Cornwall, Britain, on 11-13 June, leaders of the world's seven largest so-called advanced economies - Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the United States – are set to back a renewed push for a “transparent” probe by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the origins of Covid-19, according to a leaked document cited by Bloomberg News.
A draft communique for the meeting suggests that member-states of the G7 will “call for progress on a transparent, evidence-based, and expert-led WHO-convened phase 2 study on the origins of COVID-19, that is free from interference.”
Furthermore, it is reported that the G7 will commit to delivering a billion extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine over the next year to boost global protection against the respiratory disease. The draft communique cited by the outlet will purportedly argue that the renewed commitment will increase the number of people in the developing world that are granted an opportunity to receive a jab.
Dominating the agenda of the gathering will be COVID-19 recovery, including "a stronger global health system that can protect us all from future pandemics". The agenda also includes climate change and trade.
Ahead of his arrival at the summit, US President Joe Biden said the US would commit to buying 500 mln doses of the vaccine for distribution in developing countries...
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