The Omicron coronavirus variant is “highly contagious” and requires “urgent action”, the health ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries warned after an emergency meeting convened in London.
“The international community is facing the threat of a new highly contagious variant of Covid-19, which requires urgent action,” the ministers said in a joint statement issued after the summit.
“Ministers welcomed the exemplary work of South Africa, which identified the variant and warned the others,” they said of the country in the southern part of the African continent, which identified the new variant before regretting the restrictions. other countries targeting South Africa.
The G7 countries also “recognized” the strategic link to secure access to vaccines, “preparing” countries to receive installments, providing “operational assistance, continuing our donation commitments, and fighting vaccine misinformation.” , as well as supporting research and development “.
The G7 countries also pledge to “continue to work closely with the World Health Organization and its international partners to share information and monitor Omicron”.
“Ministers pledge to meet again in December,” the G7 health ministers said in a statement.
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