The World Health Organization expects to find out the details about the vaccine volumes that China will provide under the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) international program by the beginning of the next week, Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to the WHO director-general, said on Friday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th October, 2020) The World Health Organization expects to find out the details about the vaccine volumes that China will provide under the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) international program by the beginning of the next week, Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to the WHO director-general, said on Friday.
Earlier in the day, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that China, South Korea and Nauru joined the COVAX program this week.
"In terms of some of the details � that is still being worked out, as we understand. And we anticipate by the beginning of next week that there will be specifics on volumes and the like," Aylward told a virtual briefing.
COVAX is co-led by the WHO, Gavi vaccine alliance and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. It is part of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator under the WHO auspices to bring together vaccine developers from different countries in a common quest for a safe COVID-19 vaccine.
