COVAX is pooling money from dozens of countries to invest in vaccine candidates around the world, with a goal of delivering two billion vaccine doses globally by 2021. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken in favour of and co-authored an op-ed article with leaders of other countries calling for equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine when it's ready. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, says it has raised $600 million US from higher-income countries and the private sector to provide an incentive for manufacturers to make enough vaccine to ensure access for developing countries. He noted in an article in The Conversation that even for COVAX, rich countries will get the vaccine before poorer countries. "We're in better shape to be more equitable about a COVID-19 vaccine globally than we were for the influenza pandemic," she said.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2020 07:52 UTC