Billie Eilish, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry and a number of other stars have signed a UNICEF letter urging the Group of Seven (G7) countries to donate more coronavirus vaccines to the international COVAX initiative. The open letter – also signed by David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, Sofia Carson, Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Whoopi Goldberg, Gemma Chan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Olivia Colman, P!nk, Lucy Liu and several others — notes that more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic new variants of the disease have the potential to “put us all back where we started” in March 2020 if we don’t take decisive action.
“This means more school closures, more healthcare disruptions and greater economic fallout – threatening the futures of families and children everywhere,” read the letter. “The pandemic will not be over anywhere until it is over everywhere, and that means getting vaccines to every country, as quickly and equitably as possible.”