COVAX Delivers 20 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses in First Week of Distribution

During its first week of shipments, the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme distributed 20 million vaccine doses to 20 countries, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Vaccine distributions began in late February starting with India, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire.

This week, COVAX will distribute an additional 14.4 million doses to 31 more countries, and it aims to deliver 2 billion doses globally by the end of this year.

COVAX is operated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the WHO and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.