{"id":253976,"date":"2020-05-05T19:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=253976"},"modified":"2020-05-05T19:59:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T23:59:57","slug":"world-leaders-pledge-8-b-to-fight-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/05\/world-leaders-pledge-8-b-to-fight-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"World leaders pledge $8-B to fight coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_253977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253977\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253977\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/cdc-rHCNMH9Vlmw-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-253977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This sum means today\u2019s international Coronavirus Global Response conference could reach its goal to mobilize at least USD8 billion for diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines. (File photo: CDC\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BRUSSELS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 More than USD8 billion has been pledged to fight the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) worldwide, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>This sum means today\u2019s international Coronavirus Global Response conference could reach its goal to mobilize at least USD8 billion for diagnostics, treatment, and vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the world showed extraordinary unity for the common good,\u201d von der Leyen said, praising governments and global health organizations for joining forces.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was among the world leaders taking part in the conference, pledging to contribute to the cause with a sum to be determined later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Von der Leyen also warned that the donor conference was only the beginning of the pledge \u201cmarathon\u201d that needs to continue.<\/p>\n<p>She said she expects civil society and people worldwide \u201cto join in a global mobilization of hope and resolve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative aims to develop coronavirus vaccines that can be accessible to everyone as a worldwide public good.<\/p>\n<p>State and business leaders from all around the globe, as well as international organizations, offered support in the form of grants and loans.<\/p>\n<p>The EU as an international organization offered 1 billion euros (USD1.09 billion) for the cause, while its member states also contributed.<\/p>\n<p>The two biggest European donors were France and Germany who pledged 500 million euros (USD546 million) and 525 million euros (USD547 million), respectively.<\/p>\n<p>China also offered USD50 million, Japan USD830 million, and Canada USD600 million.\u00a0<em><strong>(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS\u00a0\u2013 More than USD8 billion has been pledged to fight the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) worldwide, European Commission head &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":253977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-253976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-anadolu","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253978,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253976\/revisions\/253978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}