France's Macron Calls For Vaccine Makers To Donate 10% Of Doses

"Donations of doses by states have to be supplemented by donations of doses by pharmaceutical companies," Macron told a news conference.

French President Emmanuel Macron called Thursday for pharma groups producing vaccines against Covid-19 to donate 10 percent of their production to poor nations. "Donations of doses by states have to be supplemented by donations of doses by pharmaceutical companies," Macron told a news conference, adding that states had helped fund vaccine research and it was "legitimate" to ask for a contribution from the companies. Macron also called for leaders of the G7 nations meeting Friday in Britain to back a goal of getting 60 percent of Africans vaccinated by the end of March 2022. The 60-percent goal was set by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.