{"id":58919,"date":"2020-05-04T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58919"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T13:35:55","slug":"boris-johnson-quest-to-find-a-vaccine-most-urgent-shared-endeavor-of-our-lifetimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=58919","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson: Quest to find a vaccine “most urgent shared endeavor of our lifetimes”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say the discovery of a coronavirus vaccine is the \u201cmost urgent shared endeavor of our lifetimes\u201d at an international pledging conference on Monday.<\/p>\n

The UK is currently the biggest global donor in the efforts to find a vaccine, pledging \u00a3388 million ($483 million) for research, according to a Downing Street statement.<\/p>\n

“To win this battle, we must work together to build an impregnable shield around all our people, and that can only be achieved by developing and mass producing a vaccine,” Johnson will also say while co-hosting Monday\u2019s event.
\n“It\u2019s humanity against the virus — we are in this together, and together we will prevail.”
\nThe virtual conference is aiming to raise $8 billion, and is being co-hosted by the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Saudi Arabia, and the European Commission.<\/p>\n

The UK money allocated to funding a vaccine is part of a larger fund worth \u00a3744 million ($926 million) to \u201chelp end the pandemic and support the global economy,\u201d the statement also said.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization will receive \u00a375 million ($93 million) for its critical health systems response.<\/p>\n

The UK has also pledged approximately \u00a3330 million ($411 million) annually over the next five years to Gavi, the international organisation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates, which improves access to vaccines for children in the world\u2019s poorest counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will say the discovery of a coronavirus vaccine is the \u201cmost urgent shared endeavor of our lifetimes\u201d at an international pledging conference on Monday. The UK is currently the biggest global donor in the efforts to find a vaccine, pledging \u00a3388 million ($483 million) for research, according to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n