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The EU is to donate another 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to low-income countries, more than doubling its present pledge, the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen announces. SOUNDBITE
The Director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urges countries to donate 10 mn vaccine doses 'immediately' to Covax, the mechanism created to give equitable access to vaccine globally. SOUNDBITE
Countries should continue using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for now, says WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, after a number of nations halted its use over blood clot fears. SOUNDBITE
The Group of 20 nations announces support for a temporary halt to debt payments by the world's poorest nations as they struggle to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace on his first visit outside Africa. Faye, who was inaugurated on April 2, is taking part in the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron opens a global summit in Paris to produce more vaccines in Africa, attended by a number of African leaders, donors and pharmaceutical groups. IMAGES