WHO’s pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The World Health Organization is seeking $US11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, a draft report seen by Reuters shows, amid worries wealthy nations are partly bypassing its COVID-19 programs. A large portion of the cash being requested from the WHO’s partners is needed to […]
Gates Foundation adds $US70 million more funding for COVID vaccines for poor
London, UKReuters The Gates Foundation added another $US70 million of funding on Thursday to global efforts to develop and distribute vaccines and treatments against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it hoped other international donors would now also pledge more. An extra $US50 million will go to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment led by the GAVI vaccine […]