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COVAX Announces additional deals to access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates; plans global rollout starting Q1 2021

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COVAX Announces additional deals to access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates; plans global rollout starting Q1 2021
Photo: WHO / S. Cumberland. News Release: WHO, World Health Organization, 18 December 2020. Reading time of original article: 16 min (4305 words).
  • COVAX now has agreements in place to access nearly two billion doses of several promising vaccine candidates, and laid the groundwork for further doses to be secured through contributions from donors
  • These agreements mean that all COVAX’s 190 participating and eligible economies will be able to access doses to protect vulnerable groups in the first half of 2021. At least 1.3 billion donor-funded doses will be made available to 92 economies eligible for the Gavi COVAX AMC, targeting up to 20% population coverage by the end of the year.
  • Funding raised in 2020 and early pledges toward 2021 targets, alongside these agreements, offer clearest pathway yet to ending the acute phase of the pandemic globally by the end of 2021 […]

[COVAX Announces additional deals to access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates; plans global rollout starting Q1 2021]. [WHO: News]: World Health Organization; [2020]. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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