World
Merkel, Macron Back $8 Billion Virus Vaccine Fund Effort
- No country to be prioritized for vaccine, say world leaders
- Conference to discuss project’s funding to be held on May 4
Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel in 2019.
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The World Health Organization and the leaders of France and Germany launched an $8 billion drive to accelerate development of a coronavirus vaccine, stressing it should be available to everyone without favor shown to the country that develops it first.