China joins COVAX, UN-backed global COVID-19 vaccine facility

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 47%. (I'm a bot)China has officially signed an agreement to join the World Health Organization-led COVAX facility, a global COVID-19 vaccine project to ensure poorer countries have access to life-saving vaccines.Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement posted to Twitter that China's decision was "An important step to uphold the concept of a shared community of health for all and to honour its commitment to turn COVID-19 vaccines into a global good".The COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility is led by the World Health Organization, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and aims to deliver some two billion doses of vaccine around the world by the end of next year.COVAX will pool financial and scientific resources and bring richer countries together with 92 low- and middle-income economies such as the Philippines and Indonesia, which are eligible for financial support for the procurement of vaccines through the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment.COVAX aims to develop at least three safe and effective vaccines that can be made available to those participating in the scheme."China continues to focus on ensuring that developing countries have equal access to appropriate, safe and effective vaccines."Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: vaccine#1 China#2 COVAX#3 countries#4 Health#5Post found in /r/news, /r/CertifiedNews, /r/AutoNewspaper and /r/ALJAZEERAauto.NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here. via /r/autotldr https://ift.tt/3iFHJEF