WHO warns of 'failure' unless rich countries speed up Covid vaccine sharing

WHO praises US plan to release doses early, says nearly $17-bn funding gap remains

Wealthy countries need to give more COVID-19 vaccines and follow the United States in making doses available immediately to cover a 200 million dose gap caused by Indian supply disruptions and manufacturing delays, a WHO senior adviser said on Friday.
 

Warning of a "two-track recovery", the World Health Organization is urging wealthy countries to donate their surplus doses to poorer countries instead of giving them to less vulnerable groups, such as children. They have so far donated 150 million doses via the COVAX sharing scheme.
 

However, Bruce Aylward said on Friday that only a small portion of those doses will