WHO agrees deal to supply initial 40 million Covid vaccine doses to poorer countries

  • 📰 thejournal_ie
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 13 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 50%

Ireland Headlines News

Ireland Latest News,Ireland Headlines

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Covax -- the globally-pooled coronavirus vaccine procurement and equitable distribution effort -- could begin delivering doses in February.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images THE WHO AND pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer today announced a deal for up to 40 million initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for poorer countries, through Covax global pool.

Covax aims to secure enough Covid-19 vaccines this year for the most vulnerable 20% in every country, rich or poor. It is co-led by the WHO as well as Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Any chance of reporting on what WHO released about PCR tests?

As they should one of the reasons countries donate large sums of money to them.

He needs to resign...actually way past needs to resign

great news 👏🏼

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 32. in İE

Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.