Covax

Covax, short for Covax Facility, a coordinated pooled procurement system for the new covid-19 vaccines by which Covax aims to ensure equal and fair access for each participating economy, using the allocation structure currently developed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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 * 02 Aug 2021, Politico.eu, EU falls behind China, US on vaccine donations: Document, The bloc has donated just 7.9 million doses of covid-19 vaccines. The EU's international vaccine distribution is more robust in terms of exports, however, with more than 503 million vaccines sent to 51 countries, most of which are wealthier economies. The EU also cites the fact that it has pledged €3.4 billion to Covax.
 * 28 Jul 2021, Pro.politico.eu, In a first, UK donates coronavirus vaccines, The country has pledged to donate 100 million doses by June 2022.
 * 12 Jun 2021, TheEconomist.com, Inoculation, inoculation, inoculation - The West is passing up the opportunity of the century, There could be no better advertisement for democracy and free markets than a rapid global vaccination drive
 * 11 Jun 2021, Politico.eu, Groups warn that UK vaccine pledge may be too little, too late, G7 leaders this weekend will unveil a pledge to donate 1 billion jabs worldwide. Alex Harris, director of government relations at Wellcome Trust: "What the world needs is vaccines now, not later this year We see a clear risk that the world’s richest nations will continue to hoard vaccines for booster shots at home — in doing so, leaving their own citizens exposed to the boomerang effect of covid-19 variants and the costs of continued disruption across global supply chains"
 * 10 Jun 2021, Politico.eu, BioNTech/Pfizer confirm US will donate 500M vaccine doses to Covax, The doses will go to 92 low- and lower-middle-income countries as well as all member countries of the African Union.  “It is our goal to leverage our proprietary mRNA technology to help improve the health of people around the world,” said BioNTech’s CEO Uğur Şahin.
 * 25 May 2021, Politico.eu, EU leaders agree to donate 100M vaccine doses, Italy, France and Germany have already pledged 75 million doses together.
 * 24 May 2021, Politico.eu, WHO wants 10 percent vaccinated in every country by September, As for manufacturers, they need to ensure that donated doses are able to be shared with COVAX in “days, not months,”
 * 17 May 2021, Politico.eu, WHO turns up the heat on vaccine manufacturers, India’s vaccine export ban has meant Covax is facing a supply squeeze.
 * 22 Apr 2021, TheGuardian.com, Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme, Only a fifth of Oxford/AstraZeneca doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages bite
 * 03 Apr 2021, TheEconomist.com, Almost one billion doses of covid-19 vaccines have been produced, The world is working out how to share them. It is in the world’s interest to suppress transmission everywhere at the same time. New variants may emerge wherever the virus is able to spread unchecked by vaccines.
 * 01 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, How to quickly ramp up global vaccine production: Western countries should help India and South Africa buy licenses.
 * 24 Feb 2021, TheEconomist.com, What is COVAX?, The vaccine-sharing scheme is designed to help poor countries compete in the vaccination race
 * 31 Aug 2020: EC, Audiovisual service, Message by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on joining the Covax facility
 * 31 Aug 2020: EC, Press corner, Coronavirus Global Response: Commission joins the Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (Covax)