Canada has pledged about 118 million vaccine doses for low- and middle-income countries, including 100 million announced at the G7 Summit in June. The remaining 13 million doses pledged at the G7 are surplus doses procured by the Canadian government. In July, the federal government announced it would donate 17.7 million surplus doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, bringing the total current pledge to about 30 million doses. Thelma Modise, a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS), receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Soweto, South Africa. "Our top priority is ensuring that every Canadian who wants access to a COVID-19 vaccine gets one," she said.

Source: CBC News July 20, 2021 07:52 UTC