WHO says more than 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
14:42, 17/09/2020, Thursday
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More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX facility to boost development of vaccines to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the body's director general.
"More than 170 countries have joined the COVAX facility, gaining guaranteed access to the world's largest portfolio of vaccine candidates," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in pre-recorded comments in a webinar ahead of Friday's deadline to join the facility.