Australia Joins Global Pandemic Preparedness Fund

Australia Joins Global Pandemic Preparedness Fund
Residents line up for nucleic acid tests during lockdown in Shanghai on April 30, 2022. Aly Song/Reuters
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Australia will provide money as part of a new global fund to help protect countries against future pandemics.

Speaking at a G20 virtual meeting, Health Minister Mark Butler and Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the federal government would contribute to the new financial intermediary fund.

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