Fund COVAX to Reduce Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution Inequity - UN
The COVAX international vaccine initiative requires U.S.$4.2 billion over the next two months to ensure that "sooner rather than later", the approved inoculation can get underway in Africa", UN chief António Guterres has said. He acknowledged that several countries have made "an enormous effort" to ensure vaccinations for their own populations while at the same time, the COVAX financing requirements have yet to be fully met. Meanwhile, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former finance minister, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January, through the first quarter of 2021. She added that the Pfizer vaccine and the AstraZeneca were presently being negotiated so that poor countries do not have to stand in a queue behind rich countries.
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Africa:
Fund COVAX to Reduce Covid Vaccination Distribution Inequity - UN Chief
UN News, 9 December 2020
With so-called vaccine nationalism spreading "with full speed", the Secretary-General told a journalists, following the fourth annual African Union-UN conference, that the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria to Access Covid-19 Vaccine From Jan. 2021, Okonjo Iweala Assures
Vanguard, 10 December 2020
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, has assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines as from the end of January through the… Read more »
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South Africa:
Covid-19 - What Local Vaccine Production Actually Means
spotlight, 9 December 2020
Aspen Pharmacare will not produce Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine itself in South Africa. Instead, Aspen will be one of six sites globally responsible for putting the… Read more »
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Africa:
Gates Foundation Calls for Continued Innovation, Collaboration in Covid-19 Scientific Breakthroughs
Gates Foundation, 10 December 2020
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it will commit an additional $250 million to support the research, development, and equitable delivery of lifesaving tools… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Covid-19 - Vaccines Negotiations Ongoing for Nigeria, Other African Countries - Okonjo-Iweala
Premium Times, 9 December 2020
According to her, the Pfizer vaccine and the AstraZeneca one were presently being negotiated so that poor countries don't have to stand in a queue behind rich countries. Read more »
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