GENEVA (AN) — More than 30 nations on Thursday pledged to help a global collaboration among 10 international organizations raise US$35 billion for speeding development and production of coronavirus tests, medicines and vaccines worldwide.
Heads of state and ministers attending the collaboration's inaugural meeting, co-led by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa and Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solber, said in a statement afterward they fully support the Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, coordinated by the World Health Organization and European Commission.