This is an important milestone because it s proving that COVAX is working, that multilateralism is working, and that the world is responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in a co-operative and collaborative way, International Development Minister Karina Gould said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
More than 60 of the first 100 recipients are low- and middle-income nations for whom COVAX is the main, if not only, supply of vaccines. The others are generally self-financing countries like Canada, who joined COVAX to get some doses and help fund doses in countries that can t afford them on their own.
About 30 other modest-income countries are still waiting, some because they are not yet ready to start vaccinations. A handful of countries that would qualify, including Tanzania, Burundi and Madagascar, have said they re not interested.
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Gould says COVAX clearly working, as vaccine-sharing program reaches 100 countries
by Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press
Posted Apr 8, 2021 12:31 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 8, 2021 at 12:44 pm EDT
A man receives a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India and provided through the global COVAX initiative, at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
OTTAWA The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of today but many of the world’s poorest nations have still not been able to receive a single dose.
More than 60 of the 100 countries are low- and middle-income nations for whom COVAX is the main, if not only, supply of vaccines.