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Australia provides AU$ 5 million to support Bangladesh’s Covid-19 preparedness and response Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has announced providing AU$ 5 million (Tk 330 million) to the Red Crescent to support Bangladesh's Covid-19 preparedness and response.  This funding will be provided through the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and will be used to procure and distribute essential supplies, including oxygen and related equipment, to help communities withstand the health and so...

G20 leaders boost support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator but urgent and immediate action is needed to maintain momentum Format 21 May 2021 | Geneva -- World leaders today met at the Global Health Summit, co-hosted by the European Commission and Italy as part of its G20 presidency, to adopt an agenda to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop and endorse a Rome Declaration of principles, at a time when the virus is surging and spreading uncontrollably in many parts of the world. With nine people losing their lives to COVID-19 every minute, and as the risk of even more tr...

Share “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at least its 170 millionth. By the time G7 leaders gather in the UK next month, and as a deadly second wave of COVID-19 will likely continue to sweep across India and many of its South Asian neighbours, the shortfall will near 190 million doses. “We have issued repeated warnings of the risks of letting down our guard and leaving low- and middle-income countries without equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. We are concerne...

Marsudi discusses vaccine logistics, stresses on equity at COVAX meet 18th May 2021 Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. (ANTARA/HO-kemlu.go.id) We need an immediate step to ensure equal access to vaccines now that no single country is fully free from COVID-19, while other countries are still exposed to it. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed several strategic issues, including the supply and distribution of vaccines, with her foreign counterparts at the 4th virtual meeting of the COVAX Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) Engagement Group. Marsudi ...

Statement The COVAX Facility will deliver its 65 millionth vaccine dose this week. It should’ve been at least its 170 millionth. The time to donate excess doses is now Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore, as G7 countries gear up for June summit 16 May 2021 UNICEF/UN070241/Hatcher-Moore NEW YORK, 17 MAY 2021 – “The COVAX Facility – the global COVID vaccine equity scheme – will deliver its 65 millionth dose in the coming days. It should have been at least its 170 millionth. By the time G7 leaders gather in the UK next month, and as a deadly second w...