Africa: World Bank, African Union Partner to Buy, Distribute 400 Million Covid-19 Shots

The World Bank announced a partnership with the African Union Tuesday to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine for 400 million people in Africa.

In a remote news conference via Zoom, World Bank Managing Operations Director Axel van Trotsenburg said the World Bank is providing $12 billion to not only acquire but deploy 400 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine -- a single dose shot -- in support of the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) initiative.

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