Covax Vaccine Program
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U.K.’s Johnson calls on G7 to donate 1B COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countriesHours after U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to donate 500 million Pfizer shots, U.K.'s Johnson said Britain would give at least 100 million surplus vaccines to the poor nations.CanadaJun 10, 2021
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U.S. to donate 500M COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine doses to the world, sources sayThe donations will go through the COVAX vaccine program, led by WHO and GAVI, that distributes COVID-19 shots to low and middle-income countries.WorldJun 9, 2021
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Canada boosts COVAX pledge to $440M, but no word on sharing of excess vaccinesCOVAX said last week it needed another $2 billion pledged by today to secure enough vaccines to vaccinate almost one-third of people living in low and middle-income countries.CanadaJun 2, 2021
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‘Unfair and unjust’: experts explain why some countries still don’t have COVID-19 jabsSeveral small island nations in the Pacific have yet to receive any vaccine, although the lack of outbreaks in some of those places has meant there is less urgency.HealthMay 9, 2021
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Anti-poverty groups slam Canada for drawing from COVAX vaccine programThe international partnership was created last year to help deliver billions of expensive vaccine doses to poor countries that can't afford vaccinations.CanadaFeb 5, 2021
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