Covax will take excess doses of Covid vaccines off the hands of rich countries
(WorldNews India)

Countries have ordered an estimated 800-million more doses of the Covid-19 vaccines than their populations need, global vaccine alliance Gavi chief executive Seth Berkley said on Tuesday. Speaking on a virtual panel at the World Economic Forum`s Davos Dialogues, he said the Covax initiative, co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the World Health Organisation, would be willing to buy these excess doses. Though many countries were interested in donating or selling these doses to Covax early on, concern over new variants has sparked a new wave of vaccine panic among governments, Berkley added. According to Gavi, Covax is part of the Access to Covid-19 Tools...