Vaccine Sharing
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Free to the world, a new COVID vaccine could help immunize low-income countriesA COVID-19 vaccine called CORBEVAX can be manufactured cheaply in low-income countries, without the complications of licensing, patents, or limited supply.WorldJan 17, 2022
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Millions of COVID-19 vaccines shared by rich countries went to waste. Why?Poorer nations rejected 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in December alone, according to UNICEF, mainly because of their rapid expiry date.CanadaJan 13, 2022
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Canada hopes to keep COVID-19 vaccine wastage under 5%, PHAC saysThe federal government warns that as demand for COVID-19 vaccines slows down, there could be more wastage.CanadaNov 22, 2021
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G20 nations must share more COVID-19 vaccines with world, activists sayActivists gathered in Rome on Friday ahead of the G20 leaders summit to ask for leaders to share more COVID-19 vaccines with the world.WorldOct 29, 2021
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Canada to donate 100M COVID-19 vaccines to worldAccording to a Canadian government source, the 100 million doses would include previous contributions, such as the $400M given to COVAX.CanadaJun 11, 2021
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Trudeau still silent about COVID-19 vaccine sharing details as G7 summit kicks offPrime Minister Justin Trudeau enters the first day of the G7 summit as the only leader who has yet to pledge how many vaccine doses his country will donate to less wealthy nations.CanadaJun 11, 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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‘Scandalous inequity’: WHO says 75% of vaccines given out in just 10 countriesWHO's chief urged countries to donate vaccine doses to COVAX to enable 10 per cent of the populations of all countries to be inoculated by September and 30 per cent by year-end.WorldMay 24, 2021
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Pfizer allocates 2 billion vaccine doses to poorer countries through COVAXPfizer said the COVID-19 vaccine doses will be allocated "through bilateral agreements, agreements with supranational organizations" as well COVAX.WorldMay 21, 2021
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G20 summit looks to boost vaccine access, may sidestep push for patent waiverThe one-day virtual event, hosted by G20 president Italy and the European Commission, is billed as the first major summit to focus on ways to overcome the health crisis.WorldMay 21, 2021
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