Norway pledges $1 billion to vaccines against COVID-19, other diseases

Norway will give $1 billion to support the distribution worldwide of any vaccine developed against COVID-19 as well as for vaccines against other diseases, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Monday. Oslo made the pledge as part of a donor conference held on Monday by the European Union to raise 7.5 billion euros ($8.23 billion) towards the testing, treatment and prevention of the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Non-EU member Norway is a co-chair of the event as a long-standing donor to global health initiatives.

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