Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World HealthOrganization has said that WHO has come at an agreement under its COVAX schemewith Pfizer-BioNTech to supply 40 million vaccines for poorer nations by nextmonth.
150 million doses of Astra-Zeneca vaccines will also besent to poorer nations by the first quarter of 2021 under Covax, according to SethBerkley, chief executive of the private-public vaccination fund GAVI.
Tedros in a press conference at Geneva said that it is asper the commitment of fresh US administration that could make Covax scheme asuccess.
Whatis Covax?
Covax is a scheme that was started before the vaccineswere available and to immunize the most vulnerable 20% people who belong to thecoronavirus-threatened poorer nations.
Tedros has earlier shown his anger over the hoarding ofthe vaccines and said that the "me-first" approach would lead to hikein prices and hoarding. "Ultimately, these actions will only prolong thepandemic, the restrictions needed to contain it, and human and economicsuffering," he was quoted by the BBC.
Tedros called for full commitment to Covax- a scheme toshare vaccine globally and whose aim is to unite countries as one bloc to negotiatewith drug companies.