Religious leaders from across Africa have called on world governments to "act with compassion" and ensure that the world's most vulnerable people have access to Covid-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments, as U.S. President Biden convenes world leaders at the Global Covid-19 Summit today (Thursday 12 May). In a joint People's Vaccine Alliance statement, more than 45 African faith leaders urge politicians to remember that "we are one global family, where our problems are tightly interconnected". They call for "immediate action to address the massive inequities in the global pandemic response.