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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Is inflation measuring distorted in pandemic?

UK to donate over 100 mn vaccines, Japan's birthrate falls to record low, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

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Akash Podishetty Hyderabad
UK to donate more than 100 million vaccines

The UK government will donate more than 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing countries, the Sunday Times reported. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to pledge to donate more than $2.8 billion worth of shots at a summit of leaders of the Group of Seven nations starting Friday in the UK and promise more next year. On Saturday, Johnson said he would push the G-7 to commit to vaccinating the entire world by the end of 2022. “We have a responsibility to do everything we can to defeat Covid around the