China has joined Covax, a global risk-sharing facility for pooled procurement and equitable distribution of eventual Covid-19 vaccines – and becoming the largest country so far to take part.
The country signed an agreement on Thursday with the vaccine alliance Gavi – the public-private partnership that co-leads Covax with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) – to pave the way for access to coronavirus vaccines.
Covax commits to offer a diverse and actively managed portfolio of vaccines, doses for at least 20% of countries' populations, and vaccines delivered as soon as they are available.
Of course, the US which has decided to disengage from the world, is not participating in Covax. Good riddance, I say!
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