NEW DELHI: The company behind a Covid-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the...
NEW DELHI: The company behind a Covid-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world has sent tens of millions of doses to wealthy nations but provided none yet to the United Nations-backed effort to supply poorer countries, a sign that inequity persists in the global response to the pandemic.Covax had planned to make available 250 million doses from Novavax by March, but the UN agency in charge of deliveries says the first shipments now likely won't be made until April or May.
one of the organizations leading Covax, gave Novavax $388 million to fast-track the vaccine's development, aimed at making the shot available in poorer countries as the pandemic was exploding two years ago.The investment guaranteed Covax the 'right of first refusal' to the first Novavax doses, but the deal applied only to factories in the Czech Republic, South Korea and Spain, said CEPI spokesman Bjorg Dystvold Nilsson.
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