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WHO to deliver 237 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to 142 countries

The WHO on Tuesday announced that 237 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be delivered to 142 countries by the end of May through the COVAX facility.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, said that vaccine deliveries were planned on Tuesday to Angola, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo said that West Africa, which has begun its inoculation campaign with COVAX doses, aims to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of 2021.

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