city New Delhi India covid-19 vaccine Health city New Delhi India

India may miss COVAX share of covid-19 vaccines as it nears 40% coverage of eligible population

Reading now: 755
www.livemint.com

NEW DELHI : As India is slated to soon cover 40% of its eligible population with both shots of covid-19 vaccines, it may miss on its share of vaccines through the COVAX facility, a World Health Organization (WHO) led multilateral initiative to foster global access to covid-19 vaccines.

The WHO is of the view that the countries that have vaccinated over 40% of their population should not be given more vaccines.

India is a major player in manufacturing covid-19 vaccines was expected to get close to 98 million coronavirus vaccines through COVAX.

Coordinated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the WHO, COVAX aim is to have 2 billion doses available by the end of 2021, which should be

Read more on livemint.com
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA