COVID-19 vaccine scheme for poorest has $US2.6 billion left to spend as pandemic recedes
London, UKReuters Several billions of dollars left in a scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the world’s poorest could be diverted to prepare for other pandemics or to support vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the scheme’s partners said. The COVAX initiative, run by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization, and the Coalition for Epidemic […]
Global vaccine-sharing program reaches milestone of one billion doses
Brussels, BelgiumReuters The COVAX global vaccine-sharing program has delivered a billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, one of the organisations which manages it said on Saturday. Supplies to poorer nations have long been very limited because of lack of vaccines, as wealthier states secured most of the doses initially available from December, 2020. Biomedical engineers confirms a […]
India could ship vaccines to COVAX in a few weeks, say sources
New Delhi, IndiaReuters India could resume deliveries of COVID-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sources said, ending a suspension of supplies that has hurt poor countries. The World Health Organization, which co-leads COVAX, has been urging India to restart supplies for […]
US donates 17 million J&J doses to African Union
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden told visiting Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday that the United States will make a one-time donation of more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the African Union, the White House said. “We are hopeful this donation will help AU countries build vaccination […]
In a first, COVAX to send COVID shots only to least covered nations
Brussels, BelgiumReuters A global scheme designed to ensure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines will this month for the first time distribute shots only to countries with the lowest levels of coverage, the World Health Organization said. Co-led by the WHO, COVAX has since January largely allocated doses proportionally among its 140-plus beneficiary states according to […]
Maduro says Venezuela to receive first COVAX vaccines this week
Caracas, VenezuelaReuters Venezuela this week will receive the first coronavirus vaccines obtained via COVAX, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, following months of stalled attempts to obtain inoculations through the global vaccine program. The South American nation has been inoculating its population with doses acquired directly from China and Russia, following months of delays in […]
US ships more than 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Iraq
Washington DC, USReuters The US Government will ship just over 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Iraq on Thursday, with the shots due to arrive in the Middle Eastern country on Saturday, a White House official said. A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a “Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine” sticker and a medical syringe in this […]
Venezuela to receive COVAX vaccines in coming days, Maduro says
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela will receive 6.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines through the COVAX initiative “in the coming days”, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday, potentially speeding up an inoculation campaign well behind regional peers. A pack of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines is seen as the country receives its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines […]
Isolated Myanmar calls for international help as COVID cases surge
Reuters Myanmar’s military ruler is looking for greater cooperation with the international community to contain the coronavirus, state media reported on Wednesday, as the South-East Asian country struggles with a surging wave of infections. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing called in a speech for more cooperation on prevention, control and treatment of COVID-19, including with […]
Raab calls for global vaccine drive as UK starts donating shots
Oxford, England Reuters British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab warned that the world would not be adequately vaccinated until 2024 unless other countries joined Britain in donating shots to poorer nations, an effort that could bring that date forward to the middle of next year. Britain pledged to donate 100 million vaccines when it hosted the […]