"There is almost a sense of vaccine panic," Seth Berkley, CEO of the GAVI alliance that co-leads the COVAX multilateral vaccine facility with the World Health Organization (WHO), told a press conference for UN correspondents in Geneva. "The headlines this week clearly just told us how changeable supply scenarios are right now even for well-resourced governments," he said. EU countries learnt late last week that deliveries of the vaccine from AstraZeneca would be some 60% lower in the first quarter than initially indicated. 'DIMINISHING RETURNS'GAVI and partners would share "indicative dose allocations" with countries this week, he added. Berkley, asked about possible EU vaccine export bans, noted that 190 countries had joined the COVAX facility and that U.S. President Joe Biden had announced it was joining and providing significant funding.

Source: bd News24 January 26, 2021 17:48 UTC