“A small number of relatively rich countries...have snapped up initial supply, relegating low- and middle-income countries to the back of the line—possibly for years. Some projections suggest poor countries will not have enough doses until 2023 or 2024” washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/…
Only one of the world’s 29 poorest countries has started coronavirus vaccinations
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https://twitter.com/RiegerReport/status/1353464130074599424
16 percent of the world’s population has reserved 60 percent of all available coronavirus doses, according to an estimate from researchers at Duke University. washingtonpost.com/world/coronavi…
White House announces $4 billion in funding for Covax, the global vaccine effort that Trump spurned washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/…
WHO head pushes for waiver of some intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines, in bid to broaden access washingtonpost.com/world/2021/03/…
Biden says U.S. will share coronavirus vaccine surplus with rest of the world washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
U.S. joins India, Japan and Australia in pledging to distribute up to 1 billion doses of vaccine washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Anthony Fauci earlier today on the US AstraZeneca vaccine supply:
“There aren't a lot of them…they're not anything that's going to be a major impact."
About 30m doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are currently bottled at its facility in Ohio, NYT reports.
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“There aren't a lot of them…they're not anything that's going to be a major impact."
About 30m doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine are currently bottled at its facility in Ohio, NYT reports.
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NEW
"The Biden administration has agreed to supply Mexico with excess doses of the coronavirus vaccine, and Mexico is moving to help the United States contain a migration surge along its southern border”
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"The Biden administration has agreed to supply Mexico with excess doses of the coronavirus vaccine, and Mexico is moving to help the United States contain a migration surge along its southern border”
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"Johnson & Johnson announced a commitment Monday to supply 220 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to 55 African countries, a step by the company toward plugging part of the vaccine gap between rich and poor nations.” washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03…
The coronavirus vaccine contracts the Trump admin. signed with Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Janssen prohibit the US from sharing its surplus doses with the world.
The Biden admin. is attempting to get around this restriction by “loaning” out doses.
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The Biden admin. is attempting to get around this restriction by “loaning” out doses.
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The US has fully vaccinated 20% of its population against the coronavirus.
By contrast, a WHO effort aims to secure enough doses to cover up to 20% of people in participating countries by the end of 2021.
Only 5% have been fully vaccinated worldwide.
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By contrast, a WHO effort aims to secure enough doses to cover up to 20% of people in participating countries by the end of 2021.
Only 5% have been fully vaccinated worldwide.
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U.S. could have 300 million extra vaccine doses by end of July, raising concerns about hoarding washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/…
BREAKING
U.S. to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine with countries amid rising pressure to help vaccinate world population
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U.S. to share up to 60 million doses of AstraZeneca's vaccine with countries amid rising pressure to help vaccinate world population
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The Biden admin. is split over how to help vaccinate the world.
Anthony Fauci has pushed to share company vaccine patents, arguing it would allow for quicker vaccine production.
Others warn it would backfire by handing trade secrets to Russia and China.
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Anthony Fauci has pushed to share company vaccine patents, arguing it would allow for quicker vaccine production.
Others warn it would backfire by handing trade secrets to Russia and China.
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“Moderna said Monday it will supply 34m doses of its Covid-19 vaccine to an international program that distributes free shots to poorer countries. The doses will be delivered in Q4 2021…Covax will retain an option to purchase another 466m doses in 2022” wsj.com/articles/moder…
A majority of House Democrats have signed a letter calling on President Biden to temporarily suspend patent protections on coronavirus vaccines washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05…
BREAKING
"The Biden administration supports temporarily lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines and will move forward with international discussions to waive them, its top trade negotiator said on Wednesday.”
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"The Biden administration supports temporarily lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines and will move forward with international discussions to waive them, its top trade negotiator said on Wednesday.”
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“Support from the White House is not a guarantee that a waiver will be adopted. The European Union has also been standing in the way, and changes to international intellectual property rules require unanimous agreement.” nytimes.com/2021/05/05/us/…
GENEVA (AP) — France joined the United States on Thursday in supporting an easing of patent and other protections on COVID-19 vaccines that could help poorer countries get more doses and speed the end of the pandemic. apnews.com/article/africa…
"German Chancellor Angela Merkel weighed in against a U.S. proposal to waive patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, casting doubt on whether the idea has enough international support to become a reality.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
“It could be months, or longer, before the World Trade Organization reaches an agreement to temporarily waive the protections and years before countries build factories and amass the materials and expertise to produce the vaccines, experts say.” washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021…
WHO chief urges wealthy countries to share doses before vaccinating kids washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05…
"Only 0.3 percent of the vaccine doses administered globally have been given in the 29 poorest countries, home to about 9 percent of the world’s population.” nytimes.com/2021/05/15/wor…
"In January, Pfizer announced that it was joining Covax, agreeing to contribute 40 million doses at a not-for-profit price. So far only 1.25 million of those doses have been shipped out, less than what Pfizer produces in a single day.” nytimes.com/2021/05/15/wor…
The U.S. will send at least 20 million doses of FDA-authorized coronavirus vaccines abroad by the end of June, the first time the United States is sharing vaccines that are authorized for domestic use washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Why 20 million U.S. doses is good news for vaccine equity, but not nearly enough to close the vaccine gap washingtonpost.com/world/2021/05/…
Leaders of rich countries acknowledge vaccine inequities at global health summit but offer little to rapidly close the gap washingtonpost.com/world/europe/g…
Covax—a WHO-backed coronavirus vaccine program for the world's poorest countries—is running out of doses as cases rise in countries the program was meant to protect.
The program has shipped 72m shots, short of the 238m it had targeted by the end of May.
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The program has shipped 72m shots, short of the 238m it had targeted by the end of May.
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Blinken says U.S. will soon distribute coronavirus vaccines in first visit to Latin America, but details are slim washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
"Under the White House approach about 19 million of those initial 25 million doses will be shared with Covax…the US would directly share about 6 million doses with nations experiencing severe coronavirus outbreaks, including India” washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021…
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1400484556747198470
BREAKING
Biden administration to buy 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to donate to the world
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Biden administration to buy 500 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to donate to the world
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BIDEN: “The United States will purchase a half a billion doses of Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine to donate to nearly 100 nations…the largest single purchase and donation of covid-19 vaccines by any single country ever…These half a billion vaccines will start to be shipped in August"
ST. IVES, England (AP) — The Group of Seven nations are set to commit to sharing at least 1 billion coronavirus shots with the world, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday, with half coming from the U.S. and 100 million from the U.K. apnews.com/article/joe-bi…
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