The G7 summit will take place this Friday, and UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, plans to urge leaders of other wealthy nations to get onboard in vaccinating the world against Covid-19 by the end of 2022. So far, the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Japan have all stated just how many doses they will commit to the global vaccine-sharing programme, Covax.

However, the United Kingdom and Canada have yet to put official numbers on their planned contributions. Speaking of the event, Mr Johnson hopes his allies will "rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era" by joining him in "vaccinating the world by the end of next year." He plans to lay out a global target for all involved.

The meeting will be the G7 leaders' first in-person get together since the beginning of the pandemic, while also marking US Joe Biden's first state visit to the United Kingdom since becoming president. But, prior to this announcement, many MPs and peers had wrote to Boris Johnson to urge his following in fellow G7 countries' footsteps, like Germany, France and Italy who have already pledged to donate a minimum of 100 million doses before the end of the year.

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