been left behind. a new analysis from a group of charities called the people s vaccine alliance shows the huge gap between what the world s richest countries have promised to give the poorest versus the number of doses delivered so far. the uk and canada have been singled out for a particular criticism, as both countries acquired some vaccines from covax for their own populations, even though they had their own supplies. on the one hand, every country thatjoined the covax facility was entitled to obtain vaccines, but these two countries obtained many, many doses through bilateral agreements that could best be characterised as hoarding. so the idea that they would then double dip and take more vaccines from the covax initiative really is morally indefensible. the uk has stressed it helped kick start covax and was one of its most generous financial supporters. the canadian government told us
so, the idea then that they would double dip and take more vaccines from the covax initiative really is morally indefensible. the uk stressed it helped kickstart covax and was one of its most generous financial supporters. the canadian government told us it has now stopped procuring vaccines from covax. as it became clear that the supply that we had secured through our bilateral deals with different companies like astrazeneca, pfizer and moderna would be sufficient for the canadian population, we then pivoted the doses that we had procured from covax to be donated back to covax so that they could be redistributed to developing countries that needed those doses. the latest warning from the world health organization is that the pandemic will continue into 2022. it is urging pharmaceutical companies and wealthy nations to make sure low income countries are now prioritised in the queue
so the idea then that they would double dip and take more vaccines from the covax initiative really is morally indefensible. the uk stressed it helped kickstart covax and was one of its most generous financial supporters. the canadian government told us it has now stopped procuring vaccines from covax. as it became clear that the supply that we had secured through our bilateral deals with different companies like astrazeneca, pfizer and moderna would be sufficient for the canadian population, we then pivoted the doses that we had procured from covax to be donated back to covax so that they could be redistributed to developing countries that needed those doses. the latest warning from the world health organization is that the pandemic will continue into 2022. it is urging pharmaceutical companies and wealthy nations to make sure low income countries
at least 20% of their population. but it hasn t worked out as planned. the vast majority of vaccine doses administered have been in richer countries. africa especially has been left behind. a new analysis from a group of charities called the people s vaccine alliance shows the huge gap between what the world s richest countries have promised to give the poorest versus the number of doses delivered so far. the uk and canada have been singled out for particular criticism, as both countries acquired some vaccines from covax for their own populations, even though they had their own supplies. 0n the one hand, every country that joined the covax facility was entitled to obtain vaccines, but these two countries obtained many, many doses through bilateral agreements that could best be characterised as hoarding, so the idea then that they would double dip and take more vaccines from the covax initiative really
been left behind. a new analysis from a group of charities called the people s vaccine alliance shows the huge gap between what the world s richest countries have promised to give the poorest versus the number of doses delivered so far. the uk and canada have been singled out for particular criticism, as both countries acquired some vaccines from covax for their own populations, even though they had their own supplies. on the one hand, every country thatjoined the covax facility was entitled to obtain vaccines, but these two countries obtained many, many doses through bilateral agreements that could best be characterised as hoarding. so the idea that they would then double dip and take more vaccines from the covax initiative really is morally indefensible. the uk has stressed it helped kick start covax and was one of its most generous financial supporters. the canadian government told us it s now stopped procuring