Today, Reuters reported that the Covax vaccine-sharing scheme will set aside 5% of the vaccine doses it procures for a"buffer" to be used in humanitarian settings or released in the case of severe outbreaks.
Already several countries in Africa and the Middle East have taken delivery of their vaccines. In Europe, Covax has delivered vaccines to Moldova, Albania and Georgia.
“Equitable access is the foundational goal of Covax, and the available doses should be distributed in accordance with humanitarian principles and upholding governments’ obligations towards populations within their territory,” said José Manuel Barroso, who led his first meeting as a Chair of the Gavi Board.
This surge of doses, aimed at addressing acute outbreaks, is only going to be considered once all Covax facility participants have been allocated a base amount of vaccine doses. All Covax Facility participants, both self-financing and AMC-eligible economies, as well as national and international humanitarian agencies, will have access to doses through the Covax Buffer.
The Covax Buffer will be funded through the Gavi Covax AMC for humanitarian situations in AMC-eligible economies as well as on a case-by-case basis in self-financing economies aiming to cover populations originating from AMC-eligible economies. Self-financing participants will also be able to access the Buffer doses, which will be self-funded.
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