Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, March 5 (Reporter Liu Qu) The World Health Organization stated on the 5th that the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan (COVAX)" jointly launched by it and its partners has delivered more than 20 million doses of vaccine to 20 countries , The vaccine will be delivered to another 31 countries next week.
Earlier this week, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have begun to vaccinate health workers with the new crown vaccine, becoming the first countries to be vaccinated by COVAX.
WHO Director-General Tan Desai said at a press conference on the 5th that next week he plans to provide another 14.4 million doses of the vaccine to another 31 countries, so that the number of countries using the COVAX vaccine will reach 51.
However, Tan Desai also reminded that the number of vaccines distributed through COVAX is still relatively small, covering only about 2% to 3% of the population of the recipient country.
In order to increase vaccine production and delivery speed, and overcome obstacles such as export bans and shortages of raw materials, he once again called on companies with patents for the new crown vaccine to transfer related technologies to other companies that still have relatively abundant production capacity.
The "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan" is jointly led by the World Health Organization, the Epidemic Prevention Innovation Alliance, and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization. It aims to ensure that all participating countries and economies have fair access to the new crown vaccine.
Its core goal is to provide 2 billion doses of vaccine by the end of 2021.