The great economic powers (G20) want to ensure a better distribution of corona vaccines in the world. In the declaration at the end of their summit on Sunday in Rome, which is available to the German Press Agency, “timely, fair and universal access” to vaccines is promised. The G20 wants to help achieve the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) to vaccinate 40 percent of the population “in all countries” by the end of the year and to achieve a vaccination rate of 70 percent by mid-2022. While around 70 percent are vaccinated in rich countries today, the rate in poor countries drops to three percent.
The states wanted to expand the supply of vaccines and remove delivery and funding barriers, the document says. The international Covax platform for the distribution of vaccines, which has not yet achieved its goals, should also be able to work more effectively.
The G20 want too support local manufacturing capacitiesby promoting hubs for technology transfer in different regions. Newly founded ones are named regional centers in South Africa, Brazil and Argentina. The document does not address the suspension of patents called for by G20 countries such as South Africa, India and China.