The World Health Organization has said that a UN-backed programme COVAX shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1 billion doses.
A shipment of 1.1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Rwanda on Saturday included the billionth dose supplied via the COVAX programme, the UN health agency said Sunday.
WHO has long criticised unequal distribution of vaccines and called for manufacturers and other countries to prioritize COVAX.
It said that, as of Thursday, 36 of its 194 member countries had vaccinated less than 10 percent of their population and 88 had vaccinated less than 40 percent.
The programme has made deliveries to 144 countries so far, “but the work that has gone into this milestone is only a reminder of the work that remains,” WHO said in a statement.
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