Coronavirus: Vaccine development, the wold community joins hands, how many billions have been promised for research? The big news came
The international community, international welfare organizations, and philanthropists have joined hands to control the spread of the coronavirus around the world. During the online meeting, the participants participated in research on corona and its vaccine development. Millions of dollars have been promised.
According to Agency France-Presse, the conference was hosted by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and was attended by representatives from 40 countries, including Japan, Saudi Arabia, and European countries, the United Nations, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other billionaires participated.
According to the report, the United States did not attend the meeting, but some American personalities attended in person, including Madonna, who announced a donation of one million dollars.
The conference's target was 7.5 billion euros, which was not met due to lack of funding commitments by some partners, but UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that more would be needed and that the required amount could be up to 38 billion euros.
He said, these funds are a kind of lending for the manufacture of new equipment, but we will need five times that amount to reach everyone everywhere.
On the other hand, the head of the World Health Organization, Edhanom Gabrias, praised the fundraising as a "demonstration of world solidarity".
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