Australia has pledged another $85 million to the COVAX scheme, but experts say it's still not enough

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The UN-backed COVAX scheme has raised an additional $6.45 billion from nations including Australia, Japan and Germany.

Vaccine sharing alliance Gavi co-hosted an international donor conference on Friday, European time, which raised a total of $6.45 billion, based on the pledges from The European Commission, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan and other nations.The amount is close to what COVAX said was necessary - $6.98 billion - to deliver vaccines to poorer nations globally in 2022.

Professor José Manuel Barroso, the board chair of Gavi, said he welcomed the global solidarity shown.“This pandemic is not over: while gaps in coverage remain, it will continue to wreak havoc on individuals, communities, and economies," he said.

 

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