Pfizer allocates 2 billion vaccine doses to poorer countries through COVAX

Pfizer and BionTech will deliver through the international vaccine-sharing facility COVAX some of the 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses it announced on Friday as new supplies for low- and middle-income countries.

The doses will be allocated “through bilateral agreements, agreements with supranational organizations as well as our partnership with COVAX,” a Pfizer spokesman said.

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Earlier on Friday a BioNTech spokeswoman said: “We are currently still evaluating this.”

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