The WHO-led Covax alliance aims to make 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available by the end of next year. Photo: Reuters
The WHO-led Covax alliance aims to make 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available by the end of next year. Photo: Reuters
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Explainer |
Covax: China’s in, America’s out, but what is it all about?

  • After saying for some time it wanted to support the global response to Covid-19, Beijing has finally committed to the WHO-led vaccine access alliance
  • Chinese scientists are involved in the development of several of the products the scheme hopes to distribute fairly around the world

Kinling Lo
Kinling Lo in Beijing

Updated: 3:22pm, 23 Oct, 2020

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The WHO-led Covax alliance aims to make 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available by the end of next year. Photo: Reuters
The WHO-led Covax alliance aims to make 2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines available by the end of next year. Photo: Reuters
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