Pfizer to supply 40 million vaccine doses to lower-income countries
Source: axios
6 mins ago - Health
Pfizer and BioNTech will supply 40 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine to COVAX, the global effort aimed at ensuring that every country has access to COVID-19 vaccines, the drug makers and World Health Organization announced Friday.
Why it matters: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned earlier this week that the world is "on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure" due to unequal distribution of coronavirus vaccines.
Details: Pfizer will provide the vaccine through the COVAX program at a "not-for-profit price."
Financial terms of the agreement have not been released, but the WHO said Friday that "rollout will commence with the successful negotiation and execution of supply agreements."............................
Read more: https://www.axios.com/covid-vaccine-pfizer-covax-agreement-32619d07-a1aa-4af8-a570-153a4df87efc.html
Well, for me the aphorism "a rising tide lifts all boats" seems to fit here in that this dangerous virus is all over the world.. We have a global economy and people travel. it needs to be controlled and eradicated in All countries --rich or poor.
We sure--the world ==has a LONG way to go.
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Our scientists have a program to map out the amount of vaccine in the world and the
continent of Africa had none, ZERO.
We can't eradicate this pandemic without the whole world being treated.
