Covax Provides One Billionth COVID-19 Vaccine Dose

The Covax scheme aimed at equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines hit a “key milestone” on Saturday when it delivered its one billionth dose, one of its key backers said. CHANNELS reports.

The Covax centre was set up in 2020 by the World Health Organization.

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Gavi the Vaccine Alliance, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is to ensure that underdeveloped countries can access the vaccines needed to battle the pandemic.

“Covax has delivered its first billionth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to 144 countries & territories across the world,” Gavi chief executive Seth Berkley tweeted. Information Guide Nigeria

“It’s a key milestone in the largest and most rapid global vaccine rollout in history”.

Also, Berkley in a statement said that when the plane carrying the shipment with the one billionth dose had touched down in Kigali, Rwanda Saturday evening, “I felt proud but also humbled knowing how far we have to go to protect everyone and solve vaccine inequity”.

All countries have been permitted to order doses through the mechanism, but lower-income countries have received the jabs free of charge. jamb results