The international monetary fund has proposed a $50 billion plan to end the pandemic, according to media reports. Vaccine firms have also pledged to supply billions of doses to poorer nations by the end of next year. The IMF on Friday proposed a $50 billion plan to end the Covid-19 pandemic, aiming to expand global immunisation drives, while vaccine firms pledged to supply billions of doses to poorer nations by the end of next year. Germany chipped in later on Friday, donating 30 million doses to poorer countries this year. In a new global health statistics report, the UN agency said far more people died than generally acknowledged.

Source: News 24 May 22, 2021 07:18 UTC