Canada will donate millions of vaccines to other countries
Will it affect the vaccination of Canadians themselves?
Canada intends to send up to 100 million doses of vaccines to developing countries. It will do so through a cash donation to the COVAX Foundation, which was created to distribute vaccines equitably among countries, and will also send those doses that are held in the country.
Justin Trudeau announced the initiative at the G7 summit, which began Friday in Britain and lasted all weekend. He has repeatedly expressed the view that the pandemic will not end until the spread of the virus is brought under control in all countries.
It is known that Canada will share the doses after the country has completed vaccination — this has been confirmed by Ralph Goodale, Canada's High Commissioner to the UK. According to Goodale, the donation will have no impact on the vaccination of Canadians.
G7 leaders agreed to jointly share 1 billion doses with poor and middle-income countries after rich nations were criticized for "hoarding" vaccines while others could not access them.
Of the other G7 countries, the U.S. intends to donate the most doses. The President has promised 500 million drugs to developing countries. At least 100 million should be sent by the UK, 30 million each by France, Germany and Japan, and another 15 million by Italy.
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