WHO = World Health Organization announced that it has agreed to receive 40 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and others, and next month through a framework aiming for fair distribution of vaccines, It is said that the supply can be started.
At a press conference on the 22nd, WHO Secretary-General Tedros agreed with a pharmaceutical company to receive 40 million vaccines developed by Pfizer and others for the "COVAX Facility", a framework aimed at fair distribution of vaccines. Was announced.
Vaccines are expected to be available to countries next month, along with 150 million doses developed by British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, which has already joined the framework.
Secretary-General Tedros welcomed the agreement, stating that it is "approaching to fulfill COVAX's commitment to equitably distribute vaccines to the world," and will inoculate healthcare workers and the elderly in all countries by early April We called on the international community for further cooperation so that they could receive the vaccine.
Vaccinations developed by Pfizer and others have begun in countries around the world, but the challenge is to promote supply in low-income countries through frameworks such as WHO, mainly in high-income countries.