The prime minister says the world must be vaccinated to end the pandemic but he does not mention any extra commitment from the UK.
promised the UK would"absolutely" look to donate spare doses - but added there were not any available yet.
Germany, France and Italy, on the other hand, have vowed to donate at least 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines before the end of the year. But this only fixes half of the problem: you cannot buy vaccines if there are none available - no matter how much money you have.Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Number 10 says almost one in three shots given around the world have been the Oxford vaccine and it makes up 96% of the 80 million shots administered by Covax.The G7 leaders will meet in Cornwall's Carbis Bay on Friday for three days of meetings discussing issues such as the global recovery from the pandemic.
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