https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Collision symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Collision symbol">THREAD: Today’s @WHO +partners’ announcement of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator to develop vaccines, therapeutics+other innovations to beat the #COVIDー19 pandemic is welcome...
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...and the 4 May #EC pledging conference will be a great opportunity to put a substantial down-payment on these efforts: all countries will need to step up, for the $8bn needed *as well as* the $7.4bn @gavi needs to raise

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BUT this is only the beginning: our ambition has to match the scale of the challenge we face as a global community https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌍" title="Earth globe europe-africa" aria-label="Emoji: Earth globe europe-africa">
Everyone, everywhere must have access to these tools, and for that we need unprecedented global leadership, creativity and innovation+to step up investments 3/4

..b/c every country needs to have the capacity to
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UNTIL the poorest countries and most vulnerable groups in the world are protected,

UNTIL solutions are global,

*EVERYONE* remains at risk.

ENDS

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