Nearly 70 per cent of Canadians have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Now, experts, advocates and NGOs are calling on Canada to share vaccines with other countries that don’t have the same access to shots.
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Donating vaccines before Canadians can be vaccinated could be politically risky, experts say
TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) Canada’s global reputation is at stake experts warn as the country receives over 2 million COVID-19 vaccines per week through June and July with another 9 million from Pfizer slotted for August, but won’t commit to donating doses to the global vaccine-sharing alliance COVAX.
While sharing vaccine doses hasn’t been on the table, Canada has doubled its monetary pledge to COVAX, from $220 million to $440 million. At the end of May, COVAX said it needed an additional $2 billion to help vaccinate people in low-income countries, but has a more immediate need for COVID-19 vaccine doses from wealthy countries who have been able to vaccinate large swaths of their population.
OTTAWA International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada is doubling its dollar commitment to the global vaccine-sharing alliance known as COVAX, but isn’t yet committing to a specific donation of excess vaccine doses. Gould is among leaders and ministers attending a virtual COVAX summit hosted by Japan today where at least a dozen countries […]
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