Developing Countries: Coronavirus

(asked on 30th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK meets its £1billion fair share towards the costs of purchasing (a) vaccines, (b) tests, (c) treatment and (d) PPE in low and middle income counties required by ACT-A.


Answered by
Amanda Milling Portrait
Amanda Milling
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 21st April 2022

The UK has consistently championed global access to COVID-19 medical products to help end the pandemic as quickly as possible and has committed up to £1.4 billion to help end the pandemic and address its impacts. This includes up to £813 million of new UK Aid to ACT-Accelerator partners and up to £105 million of additional support announced in December 2021 to help vulnerable countries respond to the Omicron variant. Our 100 million dose-donation target is also part of one billion doses G7 leaders committed to share and finance during the UK's G7 Presidency.

The UK is working with international partners to develop more long-term, sustainable approaches to financing to help the world live with COVID-19 and protect against future variants.

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