British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke about the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic during an interview on Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program, saying that everyone needs to be vaccinated.
Speaking with hostess Margaret Brennan, the conservative leader said he would ask the Biden government and other wealthy nations to continue supporting COVAX, the effort linked to the World Health Organization to provide vaccines to the poorest countries.
“There is no point in vaccinating our populations if we do not vaccinate everyone,” Johnson said on Sunday.
Johnson also addressed his own government’s response to the pandemic during his interview, including his government’s announcement on Sunday that it had reached 15 million vaccinations. Johnson told Brennan that the total reached “one in four” British adults who received a dose of the vaccine.
Today we have reached a significant milestone in the UK’s national vaccination program.
This country has achieved an extraordinary feat – managing a total of 15 million jabs in the arms of some of the country’s most vulnerable people. pic.twitter.com/wPKCXPT8Td
– Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) February 14, 2021
“We are proceeding cautiously,” he said of efforts to reopen schools and other parts of British society.
Adding the UK-born COVID-19 mutation, blamed for the latest increase in infections in the country, Johnson added: “It is absolutely true that it spreads faster, but now what you are seeing is thanks to the efforts of the British people … you will start to see rates start to fall more sharply. “
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Joe BidenBiden on Trump’s acquittal: ‘The merit of the prosecution is not in dispute’ White House press officer resigns after threatening Politician reporter Trump condemning vote exposes Republican Party split MORE spoke at the end of January on a number of issues, including the COVID-19 response, as well as the “need for coordination on shared foreign policy priorities, including China, Iran and Russia,” according to a White House reading.
Johnson was also asked about the acquittal of the former President Trump
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