(From left to right) Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attend a plenary session during G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on June 13, 2021. AFP PHOTO
(From left to right) Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attend a plenary session during G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall on June 13, 2021. AFP PHOTO


GENEVA:
Poorer nations are likely unsatisfied with the vaccine initiative proposed by the Group of Seven (G7) nations, Prof. Muzaherul Huq, former Southeast Asia Region adviser at the World Health Organization, told Xinhua in an interview on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila).

It will be "immoral" for G7 countries to take advantage of this Covid-19 and vaccine crisis, said Huq, as G7 leaders on Sunday wrapped up their summit in the midst of protesters taking to the street and accusing the leaders of making empty promises.

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