Covax programme falls 200 million doses behind target

The World Health Organisation said on Friday a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses for the Covax programme in June and July could undermine distribution efficiency.

Covax was set up to ensure a supply of vaccines to low-income countries and has already delivered more than 80 million doses to 129 countries and territories.

But that is “about 200 million doses behind where we want to be”, Bruce Aylward, who is part of the WHO’s Covax implementation team, told reporters in Geneva.

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