Nearly $1 billion has been contributed by countries at the UN high-level event held earlier on Wednesday to strengthen the coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and stress the need to have vaccine available to all, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing
UNITED NATIONS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 30th September, 2020) Nearly $1 billion has been contributed by countries at the UN high-level event held earlier on Wednesday to strengthen the coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and stress the need to have vaccine available to all, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing.
"Nearly a billion Dollars in new financing has been committed to the initiative ["COVID-19 Tools Accelerator"], which is really the most comprehensive multilateral solution for the pandemic," Dujarric said.
According to Dujarric, the largest contributions were made by the United Kingdom that gave $732 million to support the initiative and aid vulnerable countries, Canada with $332 million and Germany with about $117 million in funding.
