UK to donate 20 million additional doses of Astrazeneca vaccine

UK government to donate 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to developing countries by the end of this year

Foreign newsสล็อตagencies reported from Rome, Italy, Oct. 30 that Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the announcement at the G20 summit in Rome on Saturday. that the UK government is ready to donate the COVID-19 vaccine of AstraZeneca/Oxford to developing countries for a total of 20 million doses by the end of this year, with 10 million doses of the vaccine delivered through the Covax program. of the World Health Organization (WHO), which means that there are still 10 million doses left, which will be delivered. “Within the next few weeks.”

The plan means that this year, the UK has donated 30.6 million doses of the vaccine internationally. Johnson said The government plans to donate at least 20 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and at least 20 million doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Given through the Cowax project as before

Incidentally, back in the last month last Jun. The group of seven leading industrial countries or "G7" announced plans to donate 1 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the Covax project. Half of the vaccine comes from the US and 100 million doses from the UK. However, the WHO said the vaccine remained "concentrated" among the wealthy. And with almost all vaccines now requiring two doses per person and starting to have a "third dose" as an immune booster or booster. The world may need an estimated 11 billion doses of the vaccine to contain this public health crisis.