Every country should join WHO’s vaccine initiative, Africa-CDC urges
The US will not join the effort, called Covax, due to objections by Donald Trump’s administration to WHO involvement
03 September 2020 - 15:42
Nairobi — All nations should join hands in a global effort to procure and distribute potential vaccines against the coronavirus across the globe, the head of Africa's diseases control body said on Thursday.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 76 rich nations were now committed to joining a global Covid-19 vaccine allocation, plan co-led by the WHO, that aims to help buy and fairly distribute the shots...
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