More than 60 wealthy nations have joined a WHO-backed program to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines, but the US and China are not on the list.
More than 60 wealthy nations have joined a WHO-backed program to facilitate poor countries' access to coronavirus vaccines, but the US and China are not on the list published Monday.
The WHO had encouraged richer nations to step up to the plate by the end of last week and when the deadline fell, 64 were onboard with another 38 expected to join in"coming days", the three organisations said in a joint statement. GAVI "The purpose of the Covax facility is to try to work with every country in the world," Gavi chief Seth Berkley told a virtual briefing when asked about China's absence from the list.
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