WHO-backed international vaccine distribution program Covax

Beijing, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): China plans to provide 10 million doses of Covid-19 jabs to the WHO-backed international vaccine distribution program Covax, Beijing said Wednesday as it seeks to reframe perceptions of its role in the pandemic. The Covax programme, which aims to provide two billion doses of vaccine, pools funding from richer countries with the intention of ensuring poorer nations can inoculate their health workers and most vulnerable citizens, on the basis that the pandemic would remain a global threat if it was not tackled worldwide. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Wednesday that China “decided to provide 10 million vaccine doses … Continue reading WHO-backed international vaccine distribution program Covax