Ahead of the G20 leaders meeting in Rome this weekend, the World Health Organization (WHO) today unveiled the new plan for the ACT Accelerator and asked leaders from developed countries to fully fund it to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control.In other developments, UNICEF called for urgent steps to tackle a projected syringe shortage, and African health leaders said only five countries in the region will meet the goal of vaccinating 40% of their populations by the end of the year.Fully funded plan for ending pandemicAt a press briefing, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said the ACT Accelerator has worked to provide more equitable access to COVID-19 vaccine, treatments, and diagnostics. "But the ACT Accelerator has