President Joe Biden will call on world leaders to commit to vaccinating 70% of the world by next year
Draft targets distributed by the United States to potential summit participants also list donating 1 billion additional vaccine doses and accelerating the delivery of 2 billion already-committed doses as further objectives to be signed onto during the virtual gathering.
"Invitations to fellow world leaders to attend the summit contained the list of"draft targets," including the vaccination goals and other aims like solving a shortage of oxygen and ensuring all countries have access to therapeutics for treating Covid patients.Countries are tasked with donating 1 billion test kits and establishing surge manufacturing capacity for personal protective equipment in each region.
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