Global officials urge rich countries to donate vaccine doses and money
The Covax vaccine-sharing initiative needs another $2bn by June so it can buy up to 1.8-billion doses in 2021 amid ‘shocking disparity’
15 April 2021 - 17:20
Geneva/New York — Top UN, financial and vaccine officials have urged rich countries to donate excess Covid-19 vaccine doses to an international effort to supply low- and middle-income countries in a bid to get the global economy back on track.
At a virtual event on Thursday by the global vaccine alliance Gavi to boost support for the Covax equitable vaccine sharing initiative, the officials also appealed for another $2bn by June for the programme, which is aiming to buy up to 1.8-billion doses in 2021. So far, Covax has shipped more than 38-million vaccine doses to 111 countries...
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