WHO says India in talks to join Covax vaccine scheme

📆 9/8/2020 2:07 AM
📰 The Straits Times

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GENEVA (REUTERS) - The World Health Organisation is in talks with India about joining the Covax global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday (Sept 7).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GENEVA - The World Health Organisation is in talks with India about joining the Covax global vaccine allocation plan, a senior WHO adviser said on Monday .

But some countries that have secured their own supplies through bilateral deals, including the United States, have said they will not join Covax. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, faced with a pandemic that is showing no sign of abating, has chosen to end most curbs in a bid to resuscitate an economy in deep trouble after a severe lockdown.

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