Biden kicks off first day of G7 with COVID on the agenda

President Biden is gathering with six other world leaders for the Group of Seven summit in the United Kingdom on Friday, where developing an international strategy to combat the COVID pandemic is the sole issue on the day one agenda.

As part of that effort, some G7 countries will follow the US’ lead and announce their own plans to donate coronavirus vaccines to developing countries during Friday’s meetings. Biden announced Thursday that the US would donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and that other countries would follow on Friday. He also said the nations would unveil a broader global strategy on combating the pandemic.