Canada is donating 17.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to help inoculate people in low- and middle-income countries, federal ministers announced Monday. The program pools funds from wealthier countries to buy vaccines for those countries and ensure that low- and middle-income countries have access to vaccines as well. "This donation is a result of our proactive approach to securing hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccines in our initial contracts. Canada's share of that commitment was 100 million doses. Gould told reporters in Ottawa Monday that the 17.7 million AstraZeneca doses being donated through COVAX will be in addition to that 100 million dose commitment.

Source: CBC News July 12, 2021 15:00 UTC