“The rich countries of the world went out and acquired large doses,” he told a virtual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Read MoreThe African Union this month secured 270 million shots for the continent to supplement 600 million doses from the COVAX vaccine distribution scheme co-led by the WHO and Gavi. Gavi CEO Seth Berkley estimated that richer countries had ordered more than 800 million surplus doses and had options for a further 1.4 billion. COVAX could also buy surplus doses or take a spot in a manufacturing queue to make them available equitably, Berkley added. It is scheduled to receive 1.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine produced in India in January and February.

Source: Daily Nation January 26, 2021 13:52 UTC