The United Kingdom has started vaccination drive against coronavirus. The UK has raised USD 1 billion from global donors to fund vaccination campaigns in developing countries.

The UK Foreign Office said Sunday, "The UK has helped to raise USD 1 billion for the coronavirus COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC) through match-funding other donors, which combined with the Pound 548 million [USD 744.5 million] of UK aid pledged will help distribute one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines to 92 developing countries this year."

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres begins his online visit to the country to mark the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 90,045,249. While 64,445,630 have recovered, 1,933,467 have lost their lives. Meanwhile, the US continues to be the worst-hit country with 22,690,426 cases.

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