Statement attributable to Joanna Rea, Director of Advocacy at The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK)
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) welcomes the participation from the UK Government at today’s Global COVID-19 Summit – a much needed platform to end the pandemic. Continued efforts to extend COVID-19 vaccine coverage are vital to protect everyone, everywhere from COVID-19.
We call on the UK Government to urgently provide additional funding to the international COVID-19 response at next month’s G7 leaders’ summit.
Until we end the pandemic everywhere, essential services for children like routine immunisation and education will continue to be disrupted.
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