Published 14:03 IST, September 24th 2021

Priyanka Chopra hails leaders at Global Vaccine Summit for helping 'low income' nations

Actor Priyanka Chopra recently hailed leaders at Global Vaccine Summit for giving a healing hand to low and poor-income countries by next year.

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Global sensation Priyanka Chopra, who has been quite vocal about need to donate vaccine doses to countries with ‘low and 'middle-income', was delighted to kw that leers at Global Vaccine Summit have decided collectively to help such countries. She took to Twitter and anunced that leers at global vaccine submit have vowed to extend a helping hand and get people vaccinated by next year. Priyanka, who was elated to hear news, wrote, “Great news! At Global Vaccine Summit, world leers committed to helping low & middle-income countries vaccinate 70% of ir populations by next year!! I applaud se crucial commitments and also dedicated efforts of @UNICEF to ensure relief efforts are equitable (1/2) (sic).”

In following tweet, Sky is Pink wrote that ‘ensuring that most vulnerable countries have access to COVID-19 vaccines is right thing to do. She furr mentioned that ‘Vaccine equity is crucial.’ “Ensuring world’s most vulnerable have access to COVID-19 vaccines is t only right thing to do but ONLY thing to do. Vaccine equity is crucial. longer this lasts, higher risk of new variants. Let’s END this pandemic.Toger #DonateDosesw #UNGA (2/2) (sic),” res Chopra’s second tweet.

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Priyanka Chopra hails leers at Global Vaccine Summit 

This year summit’s attendees included leers of U.K., Cana, South Africa, and Indonesia, private-sector figures, and representatives of n-governmental organizations. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden's ministration is set to anunce that United States will purchase an ditional 500 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine doses to donate to low and lower-middle-income countries. Senior officials of United States' authorities mentioned update while previewing Global Summit to end pandemic.

pledge to donate, which will start in January 2022, will bring total promised US vaccine donations to more than 1.1 billion. doses are expected to be shipped around this time next year, President informed during his dress.  According to various media reports, current vaccine donation anuncement is on top of 500 mn doses promised at G7 summit in June. US has so far shipped out nearly 130 million doses, nearly double number it h brought for domestic use. 

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14:02 IST, September 24th 2021