On Wednesday, countries and private donors pledged nearly $2.4 billion to the COVAX vaccine-sharing plan, expanding efforts to make coronavirus vaccines more accessible to people in poorer nations.
The announcements came during a video summit hosted by Japan and the GAVI Vaccine Alliance, which leads the COVAX facility along with the World Health Organization.
The funds ranging from $2,500 from island nation Mauritius to millions of dollars and doses from wealthier countries.
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In a statement, GAVI stated that the fundings will allow COVAX to secure 1.8 billion fully subsidized doses for delivery to lower-income countries in 2021 and early 2022. The doses are enough to protect 30% of the adult population in those nations.
GAVI chairman Jose Manuel Barroso added that the fresh funds brought total COVAX financing to $9.6 billion.
The COVAX mechanism distributed 77 million doses to 127 countries since February.
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