Geneva,Switzerland — The COVAX global vaccine-sharing program said Thursday it needs $2 billion in additional funding by the beginning of June in order to boost coronavirus inoculation programs in lower-income countries.
“We need an additional $2 billion to lift coverage… up to nearly 30 percent, and we need it by June 2 to lock in supplies now so that doses can be delivered through 2021, and into early 2022,” the mechanism’s organizers — which include the World Health Organization and the Gavi alliance — said in a statement.
“If the world’s leaders rally together, the original COVAX objectives — delivery of two billion doses of vaccines worldwide in 2021, and 1.8 billion d…
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