The Taoiseach has announced that the Government has promised 18 million euro as part of global efforts to defeat the coronavirus.
Heads of state have been joining a live-streamed round-robin to announce their countries’ contributions to the Global Vaccine Alliance, GAVI.
Today’s announcement brings the total that Ireland has already committed to combat Covid-19 to 78 million euro.
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Leo Varadkar says the funding will help immunisation programmes in the third world when a vaccine for the coronavirus is developed.
Meanwhile – over 25 thousand people on the island of Ireland have now tested positive for covid-19.
Three new cases were reported in Clare yesterday, bringing the total here to 240.
