The pledge came at the end of the G7 summit, but it’s not clear when the doses will be sent or how many more shots Canada will share
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a plenary session during the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, southern England, Sunday June 13, 2021.Canada plans to redirect 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine that the government has already ordered and send them to low-income countries to help boost global vaccination rates, but it’s not clear when the doses will be sent or how many more shots Canada will share.
“It’s important to remember that just giving vaccines to the world on their own isn’t quite enough,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Sunday. “We need medical systems, we need refrigeration systems. We need abilities to get those [doses] into arms around the world.” The WHO and dozens of international development organizations have said the pledge by Canada and other G7 leaders fell far short of what’s needed. “This G7 summit will live on in infamy,” said a statement from Oxfam. “Never in the history of the G7 has there been a bigger gap between their actions and the needs of the world."
David Morley, chief executive of UNICEF Canada, welcomed Canada’s announcement but added: “to overcome acute shortages and saves lives currently at risk, Canada’s donations must come through rapidly and at scale, and must increase as more people in Canada get their first and second shots.”
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