The coronavirus’ new variant Omicron requires “urgent action”, stressed on G7 Health ministers on Monday at the end of an emergency meeting convened by the United Kingdom.
“The international community is facing the threat of a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant, which requires urgent action,” the ministers said in a joint statement after the meeting.
The new variant underscores the “strategic relevance” of ensuring access to vaccines to all world countries and providing them with operational assistance, the statement added, while also emphasizing the need to follow through on vaccine donation commitments.
In addition to combating misinformation about vaccines and supporting research and development, the G7 countries pledge “to continue to work closely with WHO [World Health Organization] and international partners to share information and monitor Omicron.”
The new strain, initially identified in South Africa, poses “a very high risk” globally, the WHO warned Monday.
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