G20 Leaders Vow to Fairly Supply COVID-19 Drugs, Tests and Vaccines Worldwide

World leaders from the 20 largest economies pledged over the weekend to fairly distribute COVID-19 drugs, tests and vaccines worldwide in a bid to end the pandemic.

The G20 leaders discussed the urgent need to stop the spread of COVID-19 and promised to use all available policy tools to “support the global economic recovery and enhance the resilience of the financial system.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged the G20 leaders to commit to providing $4.5 billion for the World Health Organization’s Access to COVID Tools (ACT) Accelerator program. The program includes the COVAX initiative, which is speeding up the search for effective vaccines, supporting the building of manufacturing capabilities and securing 2 billion vaccine doses for distribution globally in 2021.