Britain announced Wednesday it would begin donating millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world, including Commonwealth countries, following its pledge to provide 100 million jabs globally by next June.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the rollout of an initial nine million inoculations from Friday would go to Kenya, Jamaica and several Asian nations.
Britain has committed to sharing 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots by the middle of 2022, with 30 million to be sent by the end of the year. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will agree on an initial offer of 817,000 doses for Kenya when he meets President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday. These commitments stem from G7 pledges unveiled at the UK-hosted summit in June to provide at least one billion doses internationally through sharing and financing schemes.
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday forecast that Britain’s economy would grow by seven percent this year — the joint-fastest alongside the United States of the G7 nations.
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