UNICEF to ask G7, EU to donate 150 million vaccine doses to COVAX program 2 minutes read
New Delhi, May 27 (EFE).-UNICEF and other agencies are set to urge the G7 countries and the European Union to donate 150 million doses of anti-Covid vaccines to COVAX, the Covid-19 Global Access fund, officials said on Thursday.
The request comes as COVAX faces a shortage of 190 million doses due to the de-facto export blockade at the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer that produces AstraZeneca’s anti-Covid vaccine.
“It looks like in June, July this year, all of the G7 countries and European Union collectively will have more than 150 million doses available, and (will) still be able to keep on track for vaccinating their whole adult populations across the summer,” a high-ranking UNICEF official said in a media briefing.
What we know: US intelligence found Wuhan lab researchers fell sick in fall 2019 Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY UP NEXT
WASHINGTON A U.S. intelligence report found that three researchers at a lab in Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus pandemic is believed to have originated, fell sick in the fall of 2019, according to new reports.
The finding, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, has prompted questions into the origins of COVID-19. U.S. officials and scientists have long said not enough is known to determine definitively whether the virus jumped from animals to humans or came out of a laboratory.
Finally! Biden s HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tells WHO it must expand investigation into COVID origins and the Wuhan lab leak theory
The Health and Human Services Secretary made a formal call for transparency in remarks to annual World Health Organization meeting
He called for probe that is transparent, science-based and gives experts independence
He did not specifically mention China in his statement
Comes after U.S. intelligence got report three scientists were hospitalized in November 2019 at Wuhan Institute of Virology
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday it was down to WHO and not the US to investigate the origins of COVID
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WASHINGTON A U.S. intelligence report found that three researchers at a lab in Wuhan, China, the city where the coronavirus pandemic is believed to have originated, fell sick in the fall of 2019, according to new reports.
The finding, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, has prompted questions into the origins of COVID-19. U.S. officials and scientists have long said not enough is known to determine definitively whether the virus jumped from animals to humans or came out of a laboratory.
Here s what we know about the new report:
What do we know about where the coronavirus came from?