Prime Minister Kishida talked over the phone with Hatchet, CEO of CEPI = Coalition for Epidemic Infectious Diseases, a global partnership for vaccine development on the night of the 25th, and expressed his intention to contribute $ 300 million over the next five years. rice field.
CEPI is a global framework that provides pharmaceutical companies and research institutes with the necessary funds for the development and manufacture of vaccines with contributions from the public and private sectors. Together with WHO = World Health Organization, etc., the fair distribution of the new corona vaccine I am also involved in the launch of the framework COVAX facility.
Prime Minister Kishida had a telephone conversation with CEPI CEO Richard Hatchet for about 10 minutes after 7 pm on the 25th.
Among them, Prime Minister Kishida said that contribution to CEPI has great significance in addressing common human issues such as pandemics, and will help promote domestic vaccine development and production for the next five years. So I told him the idea of contributing $ 300 million.
On top of that, the two sides confirmed that they would further strengthen cooperation in order to prepare for future pandemics in addition to supporting the new corona.
The Government of Japan has contributed $ 220 million to date since CEPI was founded in 2017.