More than 75 countries have expressed interest in joining the COVAX financing scheme designed to guarantee fast and equitable access globally to COVID-19 vaccines, the GAVI vaccines alliance said on Wednesday.The 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from public budgets, will partner with up to 90 poorer countries supported through voluntary donations to GAVI’s COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), the alliance said in a statement.”COVAX is the only truly global solution to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Seth Berkley, GAVI’s chief executive, said in a statement.Close “For the vast majority of countries, whether they can afford to pay for their own doses or require assistance, it means receiving a guaranteed share of doses and avoiding being pushed to the back of the queue, as we saw during the H1N1 pandemic a decade ago.” related news As coronavirus-wary shoppers opt for online purchases, retailers pay the price Fed’s Harker says failure to control virus creating more economic uncertainty Billionaire buys two South Mumbai units for Rs 100 crore, registers them for Rs 10 crore Together, this group of up to 165 countries represents more than 60% of the world’s population and the interest is a vote of confidence in efforts to secure… Read full this story
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