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COVID-19: Delays in supplies stall vaccine rollouts in low-income countries On By Sola Ogundipe As several countries continue to roll out their COVID-19 vaccine campaigns,  delays,  reduced supplies, and increased demand for COVID-19 vaccine doses in India is potentially stalling progress in the vaccination campaigns in low-income countries. The World Health Organisation, WHO, and other multilateral bodies aim to supply 600 million doses to Africa, enough to vaccinate at least 20 percent of ...

Accusations abound of vaccine nationalism against states that stockpile vaccines and of vaccine apartheid, as COVID-19 vaccines become concentrated in rich countries. Calls for vaccine equity or justice demand vaccine allocation on account of need, based on the idea that no one is safe until everyone is safe. At stake is our ability to ensure an end to the pandemic and restoration of the global economy via an end to border restrictions. Efforts to address vaccine equity have focused on multila...

THE UNITED States has congratulated St. Vincent and the Grenadines -SVGon the successful arrival of 24,000 doses of the Astra-Zeneca COVID-19 on April 6, 2021. In a relelase, the embassy said this shipment was made possible through the COVAX Advance Market Commitment, a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The United States recently announced an initial $2 billion obligation—out of a total planned $4 billion— to Gavi, …

President Salva Kiir receiving the Covid-19 vaccine in Juba today. [Photo: Eye Radio] South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, Tuesday afternoon received his first jab of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine after postponing it last month.  The president and the newly appointed minister of presidential affairs, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin received the vaccine in the presidents office in Juba.  “His excellency President Salva Kiir Mayardit has led the battle against Covid-19. Our president this afte...

More than one hundred economies have received life-saving COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the global mechanism for equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. The milestone comes 42 days after the first COVAX doses were shipped and delivered internationally, to Ghana on 24 February 2021.

St. Kitts and Nevis receive vaccine from the COVAX facility. Photo Credit: SKNIS The United States congratulates St. Kitts and Nevis on the April 7 arrival of more than 21,000 vaccines through COVAX, its first tranche from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. COVAX is a global initiative to support equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. St. Kitts and Nevis participate as a self-financing member and an active partner in the multilateral effort to end the pandemic. “We mu...

Amidst COVID-19 Surge in India, Serum Institute Legally Bound to Supply Vaccines to COVAX This complicates the Pune-based operations efforts to divert all production to the Indian market, amidst a significant surge in cases in the country. A health worker holds a vial with doses of Covishield in Paramaribo, Suriname, February 23, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Ranu Abhelakh World19 hours ago New Delhi: Amidst growing demand at home, the Serum Institute of India is legally bound to ship doses of the coron...

Photo: AFP 10:00 | Geneva (Switzerland), Apr. 10. COVAX has now delivered more than 38 million doses across six continents, supplied by three manufacturers, AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and the Serum Institute of India (SII). Of the over 100 economies reached, 61 are among the 92 lower-income economies receiving vaccines funded through the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC). Despite reduced supply availability in March and April —the result of vaccine manufacturers scaling and optimiz...

Posted: Thursday, April 8, 2021 17:21 Canada has received the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global vaccine-sharing initiative known as COVAX, federal officials announced Thursday. Speaking to reporters at a technical briefing in Ottawa, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the military commander leading Canada’s national vaccine distribution effort, said Canadian authorities received about 317,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine procured through COVAX Facility. Canada expects...

Updated Apr 09, 2021 | 10:52 IST COVAX aims to supply vaccines to all participating economies by mid-2021 despite some delays in planned deliveries for March and April. Vials of the Covid-19 vaccine being manufactured at the Serum Institute facility in Pune, India.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspAP Key Highlights The COVAX facility is a global initiative to ensure Covid-19 vaccines are available worldwide It has till now delivered the life-saving vaccines to more than 100 ...