COVAX needs $35-$45 billion next year to vaccinate adults - WHO

Reuters

03 May, 2021, 09:25 pm

Last modified: 03 May, 2021, 09:24 pm

COVAX needs $35-$45 billion next year to vaccinate adults - WHO

Reuters

03 May, 2021, 09:25 pm

Last modified: 03 May, 2021, 09:24 pm

A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

The global COVAX programme needs $35 billion to $45 billion to vaccinate adults next year against Covid-19, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing on Monday.

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