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).

News

 * 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.
 * 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)