Montreal, Oct. 30, 2021 (AFP) – The Canadian government pledged at the G20 summit this Saturday (30) to provide millions of additional doses of vaccines to poor countries to fight the covid-19 pandemic.
“Canada will donate the equivalent of at least 200 million doses to the Covax mechanism by the end of 2022,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a statement.
Of this amount, 10 million doses of Moderna will be offered “quickly” to developing countries, an “immediate” commitment that the Canadian government claims to make.
Coordinated by the Globla Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO), the Covax system aims to ensure that 92 underprivileged states and territories receive free vaccines funded by the most prosperous nations.
Canada also pledged “$ 15 million to help increase vaccine production in South Africa,” Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told a press conference in Rome .
According to the Canadian government, the Covax program had received as of Saturday less than three million of the 40 million doses already promised by Canada, and additional deliveries are expected “in the coming days”.
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