After a meeting with vaccine company executives, a multilateral group dedicated to improving global access to COVID-19 vaccines called on countries and manufacturers to urgently take several steps to ensure that 40% of the population in all countries is vaccinated by the end of the year.In other global developments, UNICEF today urged countries to reopen schools as soon as possible to avoid further impacts on kids and economies.Highly vaxed countries have 2 billion more doses than they needThe task force, which met for the fourth time, includes the heads of high-level groups including the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Trade Organization.